Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hsi!stpstn!cox
From: cox@stpstn.UUCP (Brad Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: CASE - The Emperor has no clothes on!
Keywords: CASE rubbish
Message-ID: <5190@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jun 90 14:25:35 GMT
References: <37538@genrad.UUCP>
Reply-To: cox@stpstn.UUCP (Brad Cox)
Organization: Stepstone
Lines: 16

In article <37538@genrad.UUCP> charlie@genrad.com (Charlie D. Havener) writes:
>There has been a lot of talk about CASE tools in this group lately.
>The questions seem to be where can I get one and how is Brand X
>slightly better than Brand Y. It seems to me the real question is
>'Are Structured Design CASE tools worth investing time, effort and money in?'
>I have tentatively formed my decision. The answer is NO!

The trouble with Computer Aided Software Engineering is that it presumes
the existence of such a thing as Software Engineering.

How can robust engineering or even scientific practices ever develop in
a field so long as *everything* is reinvented from first principles?
-- 

Brad Cox; cox@stepstone.com; CI$ 71230,647; 203 426 1875
The Stepstone Corporation; 75 Glen Road; Sandy Hook CT 06482