In my wanderings through the theory and methodology world, I have found another software architecture that vividly strikes a chord in the VFP development world.

This is the Big Ball of Mud. Essentially, describes an architecture that evolves over time as more and more is added to what was supposed to be a stop-gap solution.

What is interesting, is that the conclusion of the paper is that the Big Ball of Mud architectural style has it's place.

The paper is too big to cut and paste here, but I invite you to go to the following URL and see for yourself:

http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html