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- From: sparks@baron.uucp (Tim Sparks)
- Subject: Re: DoE software reuse as bad as DoD
- Message-ID: <BzKz8x.Bq6@baron.uucp>
- References: <BzGoCF.ECM@world.std.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:14:56 GMT
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- In article <BzGoCF.ECM@world.std.com> srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes:
- > I often note how ineffectual and wasteful are DoD software reuse policies,
- >especially from a private supplier point of view. To be fair, the DoD
- >does no better or worse than other government agencies when it comes to
- >creating rational policies for effective reuse of government software and
- >its transfer to the private sector.
- >
- > [ remainder of lengthy article deleted ]
-
- Greg,
- I don't necessarily disagree with most of what you said, but you should
- have also included that your statements are based on the premise that all
- government agencies live to re-invent the wheel or worse, suffer from the
- Not Invented Here Syndrome(NIHS). In many if not all cases it would be
- economically sound to buy the more expensive version if that is what is
- required because it is cheaper than spending the time and therefore money
- to port the "cheaper" code up to the appropriate platform. This is not a
- problem that endemic to the government and their contractors. That is a
- problem that the country as a whole is suffering from.
-
- Or was the premise a given? 8-{)
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