Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result
Tom DeMarco
You can't control what you can't measure
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If a large company were to obtain thousands of software patents every year, the barrier to entry of new software companies could become insurmountable.
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Now you can make the case that it's driving innovation offshore. If you want to start a new software company that does something imaginative and wonderful, you have every incentive to start that company in Slovenia or China or a place that doesn't have these rules.
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Software is a thought process. To patent it is comparable to patenting induction or deduction.
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The QSM Software Almanac is an invaluable resource. It establishes a norm for software projects, including best of class, worst of class and averages. In addition, it profiles the state of the art of software construction and enhancement. I wish I'd had this wonderful reference book years ago.
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People under pressure don't work better; they just work faster.
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The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.
A day lost at the beginning of project hurts just as much as a day lost at the end.
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Quality is free, but only to those who are willing to pay heavily for it.
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