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Article #13140Re: Architect's Trap
From: dje
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1987 16:31
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1987 16:31
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"The Mythical Man-Month" (author forgotten) is a book based on this concept. It outlines the design of the IBM 360 OS and it's subsequent re-design. The original went pretty well, was efficient, small, fast, and close to schedule and budget. The re-design widely missed all goals due to 'second system syndrome'. Engineers tend(ed) to add in every feature they had thought of since the original design. The author's solution: Design it right the first time. Then go on to new product. I agree with him. You can always design something 'better' given another chance. The great designs are usually done right the first time. Dave Erickson ------------------------ Datacube Inc. 4 Dearborn Rd. Peabody, Ma 01960 617-535-6644 ------------------------ [ihnp4 | mirror]!datacube!dje
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!ptsfa!lll-lcc!seismo!rutgers!pyrnj!mirror!datacube!dje From: dje@datacube.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Architect's Trap Message-ID: <101200003@datacube> Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 11:31:00 EST Article-I.D.: datacube.101200003 Posted: Tue Mar 3 11:31:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 06:25:59 EST References: <1400@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #R:ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM:-140000:datacube:101200003:000:824 Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!dje Mar 3 11:31:00 1987