Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 08:42:18 09/23/02
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On September 23, 2002 at 08:12:14, pavel wrote: >I think considering the fact that some of the programmers (commercials and >amatuers) have spend a lot of time (ussually more than 10 years), and reached a >stage (or not even so), that has been reached by ruffian in 4 yrs is remarkable; >and thus could be considered as a "short time", comparable to the development >phase of the other programs. Assuming the developer was working 'after hours', this probably equates to something like 6 to 9 man months of development, which makes the achievement even more remarkable. I wonder if 'he who travels fastest travels alone'? Certainly, not much could be achieved in commercial software development in 6 to 9 man months given the huge organisational drag (N people working on a project means that N-1 have to be kept informed of each decision ... all before a single byte appears). Alastair
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