Introduction/Letters to the Editor: American Programmer October 1997

Posted September 30, 1997 | |

Introduction

Mentioning the word "Microsoft" in a room full of software professionals is roughly akin to saying "gun control" in a room full of politicians: it's virtually guaranteed to provoke expressions of strong opinion, if not loud debate. Even the narrower topic of "why Microsoft succeeds at what it does" will generate an argument.

About The Author

Ed Yourdon

Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More

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Introduction/Letters to the Editor: American Programmer October 1997

Introduction

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