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On 10/24/06, Giles B. [email protected] wrote:

is now revisiting me in the form of karma.

Um, yes, I think so.

Sorry, but having lived through some rather dubious IBM “Strategies”
which revolved around “methodologies” and magic bullets for building
“big software,” I’m rather dubious about the value of some of these
things, other than to those selling the idea.

I don’t suppose anyone knows about or remembers AD/Cycle.

–
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

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On 10/25/06, Rick DeNatale [email protected] wrote:
[about UML]

Sorry, but having lived through some rather dubious IBM “Strategies”
which revolved around “methodologies” and magic bullets for building
“big software,” I’m rather dubious about the value of some of these
things, other than to those selling the idea.

UML isn’t a methodology. UML is a common agreement on how to draw
diagrams.

I personally don’t feel it gave me much, as informal diagrams had
worked fine for the communication I need to do (including my own
modelling), but the precisely defined notation frees me from having to
explain what notation I’m using to somebody else.

Eivind.