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What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Archiect?

What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Archiect?irrelevantFor all the harping about the code license, there have been virtually no, esp. on purpose, issues arise to harm a company or individual from Microsoft's code licensing. It is safer overall than GPL licensed code. The problem with Linux open...

Tags: Research & Development, Operating systems, software, Booch, copyright-holder, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Ozzie, developer

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Software morality

Software moralitythat dependquote(Economics implies a kind of social compact, and you can't just impose the necessary restrictions from the center, as totalitarianism isn't usually conducive to vibrant economies.)but you could inforce morality and good manner by revoking the business permit by forcing tthe acquisition of one you could penalize...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, morality, Booch, technologist

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Additional Resources

Edraw UML Diagram 4.7 (Windows)

UML Diagram is ideal for software engineers and software designers who need to draw detailed software design documentation. Edraw UML Diagram is a new UML design tool which works in the following drawing fields: UML Model Diagram, COM and OLE, Data Flow Model Diagram, Jacobson Use Case, SSADM, Program Structure...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, UML Diagram, Edraw UML Diagram, UML, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-08-31

What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Architect?

Microsoft has been orchestrating carefully for the past few years the transition of Bill Gates from Chief Software Architect CSA and regular participant in product planning meetings, to "mere" Chairman. (Gates' actual "last day" is June 30.) But it turns out Microsoft may have been planning this...

Tags: Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Software morality

Charles Cooper recently interviewed Grady Booch, one of the developers of the Unified Modeling Language UML, on the subject of software morality. Mr. Booch, in short, defended the application of moral principles to software development as a means by which to curtail the more negative uses of software (among other...

Tags: Software, Economics, Tools & Techniques, Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Debating the morality behind software development

Debating the morality behind software developmentWell, that's where themorality issue somes up. While one person may find it morally objectionable to do a thing, eventually someone else will probably do it. So for that one person, he has made a choice based on his ethical beliefs. So...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, nuclear energy, software, software development

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

News to know: Microsoft Live Search; Google 2.0; Newton's return?

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Five take aways on Microsoft’s new Live Search. Gallery right. Microsoft's new search guru talks strategy. Larry Dignan: Pondering Google 2.0: How will it get to $100 billion in revenue? Microsoft, Google square off in Washington....

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Live Search, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems

Blog posts 2007-09-27

Apply object-oriented analysis and design to the problem of software complexity

Failure to master the complexity of software often results in projects that are late, over budget, and deficient in their stated requirements. In this sample chapter from Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications, 3rd Edition, examine the case for using object-oriented analysis and design to master the complexity associated...

Tags: Software, Object-oriented Analysis, Object-oriented, Addison-Wesley, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Book chapters 2007-04-26

Is SOA 'Snake Oil Architecture'?

Grady Booch, IBMs resident software architecture guru, warns that the market is being overrun by what he calls "Snake Oil-oriented Architecture." In a recent post, he reaffirms that he believes SOA will deliver value to organizations, but that Snake Oil-oriented Architecture "showmen" are selling too much of the sizzle,...

Tags: SOA

Blog posts 2006-10-23

SOA too slow? Let the debate begin

In these fast times, attaching the term 'slow' to a technology can be a death knell. But that's a perception about SOA that now lingers. Joab Jackson of Government Computer News recently posted some perspectives about the slowness issue. This quote just about sums up the challenge: "Dennis Nadler, chief...

Tags: performance, SOA

Blog posts 2006-05-18

IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organized

IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organizedWeakXara are opensourcing their Xara X product:http://www.xaraxtreme.org/Arguably the best vector drawing programs on the market today. Meanwhile IBM are donating part of a methodology and a naming convention?nobody markets fluff like IBM doesNot even m$ - heck m$ actually has products, even if...

Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Xara, Xara X, IBM Corp., Eclipse, Inkscape

Discussion threads 2005-10-12

Inch by inch it's a cinch; mile by mile it's a trial

In a recent commentary, Grady Booch, an IBM Fellow and software architect's architect, says the failure of the FBI's multi-million-dollar Virtual Case File project provides a lesson that extends to all big-budget projects. The issue is that such projects try to do too much in one big bang. This should...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Grady Booch, SOA, Web service, Web

Blog posts 2005-01-19

MacTranslator 2.1.1 (Mac)

MacTranslator automates the generation of diagrams and populates the data dictionary within MacA&D from existing source code. Object-oriented software written in C++, Java or Object Pascal is translated to class diagrams using UML, Booch, OMT, Shlaer/Mellor, Coad/Yourdon, Fusion or Jacobson notations. Code written in C, Pascal, Basic or Fortran generates...

Tags: Source Code, Apple Macintosh, Object-oriented, MacTranslator, Data Model, Tools & Techniques, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Microsoft Excel, Programming Languages, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 1999-10-01

Diagramming and Modeling with Visio IT tools

Visio Professional 5.0 and Visio Enterprise 5.0 give IT professionals two distinct tiers of functionality to design and document enterprise-level software applications. Like every Visio product, both adhere to the standard Windows interface, commands, and features; both offer an automated, intuitive approach to drawing; and both integrate smoothly with Microsoft...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Visio, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Modeling, UML, Software Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Tools & Techniques, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Management, Web Development

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