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Paul Keith
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« on: March 20, 2011, 09:27:10 AM »
Video: http://vimeo.com/2624186

Source page: http://www.rebootrethink.com/index2.php

P.S. Haven't read the book.

Blog page: http://davidlongstreet.wordpress.com/

Coincidentally, latest blog post:



Posted the image because ironically that's how the video sounded to me. It seems more like marketing 101 than anything else.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2011, 11:23:13 AM »
I wonder why agile means "no more documentation"?
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 05:07:24 PM »
Quote from: housetier on March 20, 2011, 11:23:13 AM
I wonder why agile means "no more documentation"?

http://agilemanifesto.org/

Of course it doesn't mean *exactly* that, but isn't that where humor comes from?  The over-exaggeration of a concept?
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2011, 05:22:35 AM »
wraith808, you are right of course smiley

Also there are different kind of documentation used or demanded in software development; some of those are useless IMHO, so I applaud "the agile method" for trying to dispose of them.
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2011, 06:08:16 PM »
Quote from: housetier on March 21, 2011, 05:22:35 AM
wraith808, you are right of course smiley

Also there are different kind of documentation used or demanded in software development; some of those are useless IMHO, so I applaud "the agile method" for trying to dispose of them.

Assuming they can get away with it.  Grin

One of the biggest criticisms of FOSS development is its general lack of comprehensive documentation.  undecided
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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2011, 03:34:23 AM »
Quote from: 40hz on March 21, 2011, 06:08:16 PM
Quote from: housetier on March 21, 2011, 05:22:35 AM
wraith808, you are right of course smiley

Also there are different kind of documentation used or demanded in software development; some of those are useless IMHO, so I applaud "the agile method" for trying to dispose of them.

Assuming they can get away with it.  Grin

One of the biggest criticisms of FOSS development is its general lack of comprehensive documentation.  undecided


There's FOSS with documentation?!?!  ohmy
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2011, 03:53:27 AM »
Quote from: Renegade on March 22, 2011, 03:34:23 AM
Quote from: 40hz on March 21, 2011, 06:08:16 PM
Quote from: housetier on March 21, 2011, 05:22:35 AM
wraith808, you are right of course smiley

Also there are different kind of documentation used or demanded in software development; some of those are useless IMHO, so I applaud "the agile method" for trying to dispose of them.

Assuming they can get away with it.  Grin

One of the biggest criticisms of FOSS development is its general lack of comprehensive documentation.  undecided


There's FOSS with documentation?!?!  ohmy

Yeah. But it's usually considered a glitch when that happens.  tongue
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2011, 03:57:34 AM »
Quote from: 40hz on March 22, 2011, 03:53:27 AM
Quote from: Renegade on March 22, 2011, 03:34:23 AM
There's FOSS with documentation?!?!  ohmy
Yeah. But it's usually considered a glitch when that happens.  tongue

Hmmm... Just thinking... I've heard of people packaging up FOSS (GPL) then selling it. According to what I know about the GPL, content isn't GPL, so documentation wouldn't be GPL'd.

Just a random thought.

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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2011, 04:01:09 AM »
I think the GPL applies to a WORK, whatever that is.

And if the GPL doesn't apply, in most countries copyright law will apply which usually grants even less rights than GPL would.
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