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Software Abundance in the Face of Economic Scarcity, Part 2

By Grady Booch

By Grady Booch on
November 26, 2009

cityscape with computer chipsIn this Episode

Software-intensive systems are an inescapable and necessary element in helping us operate, innovate, and even thrive in the face of lean economic times.

From IEEE Software's Issue No. 06 — Nov./Dec. 2009


Grady Booch

About Grady Booch

Grady Booch is a Chief Scientist of Software Engineering at IBM. He is recognized internationally for improving the art and the science of software development and has served as architect and architectural mentor for numerous complex software-intensive systems around the world. The author of six best-selling books and several hundred articles on computing, he has lectured on topics as diverse as software methodology and the morality of computing. He is an IBM Fellow, an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Fellow, a World Technology Network Fellow, and a Software Development Forum Visionary. Learn more about Booch.

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