[SystemSafety] The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of ego and bluster

[Les Chambers]

Derek
I don't want your black arm band. I prefer to reflect on the things that we
know that work. For me it's mostly around the models that help us understand
and then synthesise. Some of them are enduring. My list includes:
- The relational model. At the core of most information systems.
- The finite state model. At the core of most control systems.
- The object oriented model at the core of just about any well-designed
system.
These models have proved their integrity, purely by endurance.
Forget about Barry and think about William whose words have endured for 400
years:
"I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me
in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and
says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no
fish."
Onward. Upward!!
Cheers
Les

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Subject: [SystemSafety] The fall of Rome and the ascendancy of ego and
bluster

All,

I have updated my thinking on the history of empirical software
engineering:
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2016/05/23/the-fall-of-rome-and-t
he-ascendancy-of-ego-and-bluster/

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Derek M. Jones           Software analysis
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