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Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Windoze / Java has less bugs than .Not

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:42:05 -0500

After this post and a post about OpenOffice I can't resist any longer:

All your base are belong to us ... You have no chance to survive make your *POINT*!

DSL to the rescue of UML

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:28:21 -0500

The discussion at hand is whether a DSL might actually be more suitable for capturing domain knowledge than an UML-based modeling language. I don’t see how this discussion is in any way influenced by these requirements being captured in one go (or...

Booch not pleased with the term Software Factory

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:40:54 -0500

One of Mr. Booch's main points is:

I'm disappointed that Microsoft choose the term "software factory," because it's an emotionally-laden phrase that harkens to extremely mature manufacturing methods that focus on...

Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Windoze / Java has less bugs than .Not

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:13:10 -0500

Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back up their claims.

According to a four-year analysis of the 5.7 million lines of Linux source code conducted...

DSL to the rescue of UML

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:42:15 -0500

Well, that would wash if, and only if:
1 - Requirements could be defined once, fully, and finally before any commitment were made to the project.
2 - Requirements could be defined independently of architectures.
Such assumptions can (sometimes)...

Control Freaks

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:02:29 -0500

Whilst many of the arguments presented in this thread in support of one technology or another have their pros and cons what is nevertheless evident is that debate, as usual, rallys around two camps - Microsoft on one side and everybody else (IBM, OMG,...

DSL to the rescue of UML

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:02:59 -0500

What a strange interpretation of MDA...

As I interpret it, MDA is nothing more than the long established idea of separating the specification of a system (“how”) from the details of the way that system uses the capabilities of its...

Disappointed with MDA - DSL's and SF offer promise

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 04:28:06 -0500

Creating a usable domain specific language of this kind is onerous as you need to develop a grammar and a parser of some kind in order to use it. Projects like javacc make this easier but it still beyond most...

Models are for the mind, Programs are for computers

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:17:19 -0500

Much of the frustration with MDA comes from the confusion between models and programs.
While MDA should establish a principled framework for a differenciated management of representations (analysis), specifications (designs), and implementations,...

Disappointed with MDA - DSL's and SF offer promise

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:55:15 -0500

Microsoft are not the only ones who believe there are fundamental problems with MDA and another approach is needed.

Martin Fowler is skeptical:

DSL to the rescue of MDA

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:26:23 -0500

What a strange rescuer ...
MDA is supposed to abstract from domain specific requirements in order to deal with architectural considerations and development patterns. DSL do the opposite.
Remy

DSL to the rescue of MDA

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:47:49 -0500

I don’t think that the use of a DSL in itself should count as a rejection of UML. Actually, I think that DSLs are an enabler for any realistically sized application of MDA.

UML can be applied more or less out-of-the box for certain types of...

Why Open Standards are than M$ lockin Open Office vs M$ Of

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:29:39 -0500

There are some very good reasons to use OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office, and the best reasons have nothing to do with cost of the software.

Although I have regularly used Microsoft Office in the past, I haven't even had it installed on...

UML, MOF vs. Your Own Modeling and Meta-Modeling Language

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:35:13 -0500

Sorry to be unclear :-)

1. Lightweight extension of UML means, you use UML profile which consists of Stereotypes, Tagged Values and Constraints.

2. Heavyweight extension of UML means, you use MOF to extend the UML metamodel...

UML, MOF vs. Your Own Modeling and Meta-Modeling Language

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:39:49 -0500

lightweight and/or heavyweight extension of UML ??

Its like saying -- Desktops and Server are ....lightweight and/or heavyweight extensions of Mainframe...

Grady works for IBM, and Microsoft is proposing software...