I agree with him that lots of software is just plain bad. However, there are so many external factors that affect an application that it is not practical to demand the same quality as in physical construction. If something is wrong with your house, it is easy to determine what it is and how to fix it. If something is wrong with software, you can't always figure that out. Is it another application running? A driver? A service? that is causing the problem? There are just plain too many external factors affecting the application.

>Howdy everyone:
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>I ran across this article, read it through and found it to be very interesting. I thought I'd pass it on to everyone here and see what all of you thought.
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>http://www.chc-3.com/pub/beautifulsoftware.htm
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>CT