Rich’s Comments (group member since Apr 02, 2014)

Rich’s comments from the Software Books and Brew group.

This post is just to create the discussion group.
I hope you all at least attempt this book.

Rich wrote: "Another discussion was started offline regarding the Author's assertions about "Unix Programmers ..." and that the commenter believes this to be traits of Windows Programmers due to his experience ..."

Given that Windows programmers were educated at University where most programming at least as of 2000 was done on workstations running some flavor of Unix, how could that generation of programmer not have incorporated concepts from the Unix world into their work?

Another discussion was started offline regarding the Author's assertions about "Unix Programmers ..." and that the commenter believes this to be traits of Windows Programmers due to his experience in that tribe.
I put forth for discussion this: Has it always been true of windows programmers ( particularly in the early 2000s when this book was penned) and our Author's personal bias is coloring his view, or has the more modern Era of programming influenced Windows programmers to think this way?

So it was noted in conversation that we are conducting a sort of archaeological dig into the history of computers and software development if we look at this book in context to the Mythical Man-Month. MMM was written in an era of mainframe computers where the computer hardware and the Operating System that it ran were typically developed together and intimately tied together. The development and adoption of Unix in the late 1960's started something of a Renaissance period where software could be developed (at least at a source code level if not binary compatibility) against a stable API and that a core basic set of programs and services could be easily compiled and run on the new computer without massive reinvention.

Lets get some discussion going.

I concur with the proposed change. Chapters 4,5 and 6 are pretty meaty and probably cover about half of the books content.
I will update the poll to reflect the change and reset the voting.

Sorry about the title mixup. Chapters 4,5,6 are already a big enough chunk without adding 7.

Are we ready to have another discussion meet up? I have spoke with a few members and it seems like next Wed. or Thursday ( April 30 or May 1 ) work for them.

Check the poll below and cast your vote.

Since we ran into issues of noise, and early closing time last meet up, I propose Churchill's in San Marcos for the location.

So, the Belching Beaver
980 Park Center Drive, Suite A
Vista, California 92081
Wed. April 16 at 7PM.
http://belchinbeaver.com/

I'm calling it. The 16th it is. 7PM.
Need a location that is open on Wed.

Reading goal for first meet up.
I propose a goal of the first three chapters, so items 1 - 17; with a suggest meet up date of April 16 or 17.

Just to get the ball rolling on venue selection.
I hear good things about Booze Brother's
http://boozebrothersbrewery.com/