Re: PG: Hackers and Painters

[Michael Vanier <address@hidden>]

> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 18:58:22 -0400
> From: "Neil W. Van Dyke" <neil@neilvandyke.org>
> 
> Matt Curtin <cmcurtin@interhack.net> writes at 16:21 19-May-2003 -0400:
> > The (A?) problem seems to be that the economics suggest that quality
> > building by persons trained well in the profession just isn't a cost
> > that people will bear.  They would rather pay $20 up front and another
> 
> There are organizations that go to great expense to try to hire what
> they consider to be the most generally skilled or promising programmers,
> but I think most organizations do not, with good reason...
> 
> The majority of IT software development nowadays involves instantiating
> applications using application frameworks or toolsets, which add their
> own complexities, yet which greatly constrain the solution space.
> 

Interesting.  What examples are you thinking of?  Any opinions on these
application frameworks?

Mike