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- From: breland@cobweb.mcc.com (Mark A. Breland)
- Subject: Re: Why and how do organizations select th
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:38:47 GMT
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- In article 29355@seas.gwu.edu, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
- >
- > 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.
- > Conceivably we (I and another professor friend) will get involved
- > helping them sort it all out. Might be fun.
-
- Pardon me...I suppose I should have entitled ol' Harumptyrump differently...
- Such a *professorial* generalization was inappropriate on my part. ;)
-
- >You're right, Bjarne - I can't name names. I won't tar an individual with
- >an ad hominem public attack, especially if I have no independent basis for
- >it. I did not observe this consultant in action, nor see his work in this
- >case. His client was frustrated but I can't really assess the reason for
- >the frustration. And naturally no field has a monopoly on windbags.
-
- Unfortunately, if the referenced OO windbag DID deposit an expensive load
- of trash, he dealt legitimate OO experts and practitioners a terrible blow.
- It's difficult enough convincing leery implementers to accept a new perfectly
- valid method, much less one tainted in this manner by a so called "expert".
- Incidents such as these merely bolster the ammo stores of the anti-OO
- coalition, and diminish community acceptance of the OO approach to
- programming-in-the-large.
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