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- From: bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
- Subject: Re: Why and how do organizations select the OO
- Message-ID: <24691@alice.att.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 13:16:12 GMT
- Article-I.D.: alice.24691
- References: <1jo805INNfe@emx.cc.utexas.edu> <1993Jan22.144817.23862@mcc.com> <1993Jan22.203706.29355@seas.gwu.edu>
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ
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- mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman @ George Washington University) writes
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- They hired a _really_ big-name consultant (NOT a professor, Mark!)
- to teach them his OO methodology and take a first crack at a design
- for them. After collecting a very large fee, he walked away from the
- project, leaving behind what they say is an unworkable design.
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- I realize you probably can't name names, but it would be nice if you could
- for two reasons. Firstly because charaltans ought to be exposed, secondly
- because someone could misinterpret your statement into something condemning
- lange groups of ``OO-experts'' as windbags who don't deliver. (there are
- no shortage of windbags and self-proclaimed ``experts,'' but no one field
- has a monopoly on them).
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