Re: Development: A Structured Problem Area?

On Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at 7:05:19 AM, Andrew Hunt wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 21:33, Edmund Schweppe wrote:

>> > In the meantime, we still need to convince the 40% of software teams
>> > in the US who *don't* use version control that they should, and
>> > likewise the 70% who don't do daily builds.  I *do* know of some
>> > books they should read :-)
>> 
>> Andy, do you know if there's a handy online citation for such numbers?

> I have them here somewhere, in my secretarially-challenged office :-) 
> There's an upcoming interview with Dave and me on O'Reilly's OnLamp next
> week, and I know the citations are listed at the end of the interview.

> Slightly more interesting is the fact that daily builds in India are
> closer to 100%.

One would hope that comparing such stats would put folks on notice that if
they want to prosper they have to improve. Probably just as likely, though,
we'd see some form of blanket unfounded rejection: "Well, if they do daily
builds in India, they're probably a bad idea."

Oh well. Evolution and the market will sort it out. Welcome to the third
world.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
I'm giving the best advice I have. You get to decide whether it's true for you.




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