I think I heard this one before. Nevertheless, +1 on "reuse is not a 
technology problem to be solved - it is a cultural one"

My addition to the dialog: (last line)
Man: I prefer some vodka, straight, by the bottle.

H.Ozawa

Gervas Douglas wrote:
> <<Last night, I sat in a restaurant and, as usual,wound up overhearing
> a conversation in the next booth about IT. Seems like there's an IT
> person everywhere you look these days, talking about how the latest
> integration project is going, or how he can't find talent, or how he
> loved my last column (OK, maybe just wishful thinking). One subject I
> keep hearing about more and more is assembling applications from parts
> instead of building them. Hmmm, composite applications—that sounds
> nice. Let's listen:
>
> Woman: "So did you hear that our developers assembled
> the new taxation system out of pre-built parts? They got it
> done in just eight weeks."
> Man: "Wow. We tried that but we couldn't get our
> developers to trust anybody else's code. They just rewrote
> everything."
> Woman: "Well, you should buy them some reuse tools so
> they can tie into other systems."
> Man: "We tried that, too, but they say the tools just slow
> them down. Now, we are thinking about bringing in an
> integrator to take over."
> Woman: "Hmmm. That sounds nice. Should we order
> wine?">>
>
> I know - sad isn't it?  Well at least she had the wit to think of
> getting a drink.
>
> You can read about this exciting tale of techy romance and reuse at:
>
> http://www.bijonline.com/index.cfm?section=article&aid=792#
>
> Gervas
>
>
>   



 
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