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Programming
Why no-one really wants software updates and what we can do about it.
Give an engineer some code and one of the first things crossing through the mind of some engineers is, "Should I rewrite or re-factor that code?". The logic being that the new version will be ultimately be better in some way than the original. But it doesn't always work out that way..
Murugan wrote a fairly comprehensive article on some thoughts about what developers want. Is there anything you would add to this list?
The annual Netbeans and Eclipse cat and dog fight has started again. Is this good or bad for the community.
