Software Runaways: Monumental Software Disasters
Read the entire review of this book.One of the thoughts that sprang to my mind when I readSoftware Runawaysby Robert Glass is that it is a good thing for the book, the author, and the publishing house that the world operates by Adam Smith's theories, where value is determined by supply and demand, instead of Karl Marx's, where value is determined by the work done. Perhaps that is a little too harsh, as Glass surely had to spend considerable time and energy compiling his articles, asking for permission to print, and lining up people to write their views on sundry topics. Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that a good portion of the book (half?) consists of articles culled from print media of widely ranging technicality (fromIEEE SoftwaretoComputerworldto theWall Street Journal). On the other hand, most of the book, including Glass's own writing, was very readable and sometimes humorous.-- Richard Tung, Dr. Dobb's Journal--Dr. Dobb's Journal