Steven Kelly on DSMDomain-Specific Modeling: A Toolmaker Perspective200 year software- June 23, 2008 A customer from Norway heard from a friend of a project with software dating back several decades (not as uncommon as you might think). He sent me a link to, and a request to blog about, an article on Software that Lasts 200 Years, written by Dan Bricklin. Since Dan is one of the creators of VisiCalc, he ought to know a thing or two about the topic. His main thesis is that software for certain tasks in society (libraries, public records etc.) needs to be built, maintained and indeed thought.http://www.metacase.com/blogs/stevek/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3391713600 |