--- In [email protected], "Mark Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/12/06, Mike Glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most of what goes on in business today is actually quite "tightly > > coupled". > > > > In particular, buying and selling stuff (that is, the general > > commercial trading activity of most businesses) goes through a strict > > legal process of contract formation and transaction execution between > > two parties. This involves well-defined legal concepts such > > as "invitation to treat", "offer", "acceptance" and "consideration". > > That sounds very loosely coupled to me, because the vocabulary of the > transaction is standardized. > > Tightly coupled would be when one business needs to couple itself to > the specific, proprietary business processes of another. > > I suspect you mean "tightly/highly cohesive" rather than "tightly > coupled". The vast majority of business transactions are loosely > coupled. Exceptions include some kinds of partnerships, and > mergers/acquisitions, of course. > > Mark. >
No, I really did mean "tightly coupled", by whatever definition you prefer (Yourdon/Constantine, Wikipedia, etc), as I think the remainder of the original article makes clear. -Mike.
