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>one side issue is why you can get 6 good (i.e.
expensive) programmers sitting down together and
taking no money but working on a project for no
or very low profit?!<
But they get to eat peanut butter and live in someone's garage (with five
other people) for six months! Isn't that reward enough :)
BW
>From: Lawrence Chan <stnahc@xxxxxxxx>
>To: Jim <anncora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Some general questions
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:37:41 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>With 6 programmers and worked for 6 months -
>what you will get is something that will not even
>run in real time :)
>
>I mentioned in a prior post about software development
>dilemma that more programmers working on a project,
>the worst the number of bugs will be generated.
>
>usually number of bugs double for each extra
>programmer added to a team >= 3 persons.
>remember that programmers are humans and they do
>have different opinions on the same subject as
>how should something be done.
>
>thus quick and dirty is possible, but do not expect
>anything fruitful for real-time. Offline applications
>will work better using the quick and dirty model
>as less quality assurance is needed.
>
>most people highly underestimate the cost of
>software development. the recent example is the
>burst of internet dotcom companies. those stupid
>venture capitals "thought" that web-based apps are
>"easier" to develop and failed to realize the cost
>of fixing those bugs and maintaining such programs
>have a cost they cannot even imagine :)
>
>one side issue is why you can get 6 good (i.e.
>expensive) programmers sitting down together and
>taking no money but working on a project for no
>or very low profit?! This is a capitalist world
>(at least in US) and the opportunity cost is so
>high that I do not see that there is a reason for
>people to do something that silly :)
>
>-Lawrence
>p.s. just imagine that if TS and TW are functional
>would I waste time on creating another platform?
>I would rather spend my time trading and research!
>
>
>--- Jim <anncora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > you would be better off taking 6 good programmers
> > and live in someone's
> > garage and eating peanut butter for 6 months and it
> > would cost you 1/100th
> > of what purchasing Tradestation right now at it's
> > low stock price...you
> > could mirror image the same screens and logic as
> > Tradestation...just change
> > the core logic programs...some screen designs and
> > data base fields and
> > copyright it and Cruz could not touch you.......you
> > could write it in C++
> > or COBOL for easy maintenance and on a pc system
> > and use native SQL if
> > necessary...not even use access... cost...if each
> > person could support
> > themselves for 6 months....ZERO...
> >
>
>
>=====
>Lawrence Chan http://www.tickquest.com
>Home of trading tools NeoBreadth and NeoTicker series
>
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