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Linus:Specs! We don't need any stinkin' specs!

In the Linux™ communities continuing saga of "lets freak out our corporate users" Linus has sworn off specs as a needless shackle of "The Man". Who needs marketing when you have quotes like this?
 
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Published Monday, October 03, 2005 4:45 PM by tparks

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# re: Linus:Specs! We don't need any stinkin' specs!

Monday, October 03, 2005 5:36 PM by tzagotta
I don't work for Microsoft, nor do I have any bias for or against Linux, but I'll have to say that Linus' comments sound pretty flippant and maybe even ignorant. I wouldn't expect that of someone of his experience.

Software specifications are how complex software systems get built, period. We know of no other alternatives.

# re: Linus:Specs! We don't need any stinkin' specs!

Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:31 AM by barrkel
You're in danger of letting yourself down by misrepresenting Linus. He's talking about standards and standards conformance, specifically ones drawn up by international quangos who aren't fully cognizant of implementation issues - not software specifications.

The particular example he points to is OSI, the failed competitor to TCP.
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