No Silver Bullets (was Re: [tlug] STM (was: Re: work times & accommodation @tokyo))

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

jep200404 writes:
 > Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
 > 
 > > ... "Go read MM-M 20AEd[1] (the chapters about silver bullets)."
 > 
 > http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/SoftwareEngineering/BrooksNoSilverBullet.html

Gag me.  Brad Cox, the original "yes, there is a silver bullet and I
have invented it" guy.  Advocating micropayments per function (!!)
invocation, but (a) he can't even get the URLs right (for himself and
his paper!) and (b) there's no "reproduced by permission" notice *on
someone else's article*!