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[SW Eng] Linus Torvalds on specifications

Specs are a basis for _talking_about_ things.
But they are _not_ a basis for implementing software.

TrackBacks[0] Comments[2] Posted by lasse on October 3, 2005 11:34:38 PM EEST

Jeff Sutherland picked it up as well.

Comment from Anonymous on October 6, 2005 10:01:10 PM EEST

The quote is a gem. The whole post from Linus is great. I'm just hoping that someday the business guys could understand this too... *sigh*

Comment from Timo Lukumaa on October 10, 2005 3:22:54 PM EEST

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