Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 10th Jan 2008 23:14 UTC
"The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Hardy Heron Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features."
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I think he means that all software is written by programmers and not necessarily domain expertes. I guess the theory is that if programming was somehow 'easier' then architectula visulaization software for example could be written by architects who have detailed knowledge of what they do and don't need, and who could also tweak the program to their indivdual projects.
Instead the software has to be written by developers who may know a lot about 3d graphics, but very little about the needs and requirements of architects for various projects. So he has to try to talk to the architects and glean what they need, and the architects have to try to understand what is and isn't possible to do with the current level of technology. A process which is often slow, frustrating for all involved and fraught with the risk of misunderstanding. All of which leads to crap software for the architect to use.