Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!apexepa!peter From: peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: reinventing the wheel (was Re: Software Tax: how and why?) Message-ID: <214@apexepa.UUCP> Date: 21 Aug 89 13:40:17 GMT References: <3674@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <4811@omepd.UUCP> <12439@s.ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij) Organization: Apex Software Corporation, Pittsburgh PA Lines: 19 Summary: The Washington Touch [part of a quotation dealing with scale problems of developing large database systems deleted] >Few organizations have the time and money, and even fewer the expertise, >to do so. . . .A Department of >Public Software Works may ultimately be needed to build the massive >information refineries the U.S. could use." > If we start now, there should be at least 350 Ashton-Tate folks ready to contribute their database expertise. To manage these folks, several thousand employees of the old savings and loan regulatory system are available. What more could you want to guarantee success of nationalized software development? -- ----------------- Peter Palij uunet!apexepa!peter Apex Software Corporation peter@apexepa.uucp Phone: (412) 681-4343