Comment Good science doesn't pay the bills (Score 1) 251
Ahh, but code modularization (OO-ness) flies in the face of commercial interests, or so we are finding out. At my work we are pushing the "component based" philosophy, but vendors are not interested in developing anything that can be tinkered with or reused as components by other vendors. Furthermore, standards are all well and good, but to get the commercial edge, companies like to "enhance" the standard - HTML for example?
I would assert that computer scientists (or comp. sci. researchers) are in a position to contribute in the sense of true science, however the nature of the industry constrains what good we can do.
Lesson: The money is in stupid crap with bells and whistles, not in genuinely innovative and well designed software.
-- Coding is art, I'm a surrealist
I would assert that computer scientists (or comp. sci. researchers) are in a position to contribute in the sense of true science, however the nature of the industry constrains what good we can do.
Lesson: The money is in stupid crap with bells and whistles, not in genuinely innovative and well designed software.
-- Coding is art, I'm a surrealist
