On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> > I don't think anything he says (or has ever said) has much relevance
> > anymore.
>
> No, like Brooks, he made points about the development of large-scale
> projects which remain valid. Yourdon certainly wasn't alone in the
> Y2K chiken-little mentality... and I don't feel inclined to consign
> them, lock, stock, and barrel, to perdition, not quite yet, anyway...
Look, as far as I'm concerned, anyone who thought the world would end
after the clocks turned to the year 2000 are idiots and deserve to be
ignored.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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