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From: wags@ann-arbor.cimage.com (Bill Wagner/1000000)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: CASE - The Emperor has no clothes on!
Message-ID: <1990Jun14.220519.13224@ann-arbor.cimage.com>
Date: 14 Jun 90 22:05:19 GMT
References: <7486@fy.sei.cmu.edu> <1990Jun13.101122.15604@axion.bt.co.uk> <7527@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
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In article <7527@fy.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes:
>In article <1990Jun13.101122.15604@axion.bt.co.uk> pyoung@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk writes:

	[various discussions on bridge analogy deleted]

>We want to be as confident as a bridge builder, but we are not building
>bridges.  We don't rebuild the same word processor over and over again.
>Instead we upgrade or build *new or novel* capabilities with each new word
>processor.

This contains a point I think is very important when discussing our toolset.
Rather than building a bridge, we continually build *and then upgrade, 
enhance, and re-design* our word processors, etc.

My biggest concert with CASE, or any other set of tools is its ability to 
help me (and my co-workers) mold a previous product into a new one.  As has
been stated by others, software is never really thrown out, but continually
modified to suit a new purpose.

Bill Wagner
"The opinions stated are mine and mine alone.  My employers opinion is that
I should quit reading news and get back to work"