How Software Is Built Interview

Posted by Jamie
April 2, 2008

A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to do a phone interview with Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell who are doing a series of interviews regarding How Software Is Built. The interview was a lot of fun and really hit around the general theme of how open source is changing the way software is created.

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It is long, but I think it came out pretty well.

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Bits, Biz

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Comments
Comment by Patrick Hambek on April 3, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
Jamie, I read this article yesterday and enjoyed it. Great interview!
Comment by John Murphy on April 3, 2008 @ 2:28 pm
Yeah, ditto, excellent interview. I especially agree with the bit about companies who use open source have a responsibility to contribute back to the community. I’d just add that contributing back in not simply an excercise in altruism. In the end, I think you end up with better developers in your company because they are exposed to different ideas and knowledge from the open source world. Without this exposure I think teams tend to get a bit calcified, recycling the same ways of thinking about things over and over which in the end, limits their ability to innovate.
Comment by Senthil on April 12, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
I enjoyed reading this interview, particularly the asset/liability bit. Code is liability and tying that to the balance sheet is a new and important way of looking at software development (shops), I wish this was common knowledge and well understood across businesses.
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