I believe it is a mistake to assume, at this time, that the "waterfall"
methodology is dead for the OHS/DKR project. Extreme programming involves
the equivalent of a Darwinian hack and slash approach, one that I do not
favor in a project that is as complex and potentially important as this one.
Jack
From: Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@eekim.com>
<snip>
> 4. The waterfall model. Contrary to how it may currently look, the OHS
> will not be developed under the waterfall model, which in my opinion
> violates the notion of bootstrapping. We will hopefully follow more of an
> extreme programming methodology, with a great emphasis on prototyping and
> rapid development cycles. Fortunately, we already have a wonderful
> prototype in the form of the Augment/NLS system.
>
> As some of you may be aware, a group of us have been meeting regularly in
> the Bay Area to plan and design the OHS. However anxious people may be to
> see an initial release of code, let me emphasize that this first design
> phase is an extremely important one. Our group consists of people of
> disparate backgrounds and levels of experience, and it's important that we
> all be on the same page both conceptually and technically before we can
> start making intelligent technical and organizational decisions. Let me
> reiterate, however, that this initial delay in releasing code is not
> indicative of us following the waterfall model of software development.
>
<snip>
> -Eugene
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