Comments on: German Engineering http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/ Chief Information Officer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger Cass http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Roger Cass Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:41:53 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/#comment-96 An interesting observation. On the other hand, commercial software is written for profit, not for perfection. Open Source, unless backed by commercial funding, does not have the coersion of employment to ensure quality. In this example, one might assume that the airport authroity (presumably the government) paid money to have the carts work on escalators. The carts likely cost much more than a "standard" cart. Where does that extra money come from? Still, by applying intelligent design methods to products from the start, a far superior outcome can be achieved. This starts at the top. It appears Bro. Dehlin has the right idea. An interesting observation. On the other hand, commercial software is written for profit, not for perfection. Open Source, unless backed by commercial funding, does not have the coersion of employment to ensure quality.

In this example, one might assume that the airport authroity (presumably the government) paid money to have the carts work on escalators. The carts likely cost much more than a “standard” cart. Where does that extra money come from?

Still, by applying intelligent design methods to products from the start, a far superior outcome can be achieved. This starts at the top. It appears Bro. Dehlin has the right idea.

]]> By: Joel Dehlin http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Joel Dehlin Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:10:58 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/#comment-43 Someone mentioned that I should have compared the cart to a BMW rather than a Cadillac. Good point. :) Someone mentioned that I should have compared the cart to a BMW rather than a Cadillac. Good point. :)

]]> By: Cristobal Alvarez http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Cristobal Alvarez Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:28:42 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/2006/11/18/german-engineering/#comment-10 I worked at Novell right after they bought SUSE Linux (German company). Also, I am a graduate student at Georgia Tech, and I am currently working in an augmented reality project in collaboration with a German student. All I can say is, Germans write very well designed, cleanly organized and extremely neat code. I worked at Novell right after they bought SUSE Linux (German company). Also, I am a graduate student at Georgia Tech, and I am currently working in an augmented reality project in collaboration with a German student. All I can say is, Germans write very well designed, cleanly organized and extremely neat code.

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