http://www.webimpakt.com/blog Web Impakt - Web Development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Web Design Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.webimpakt.com/blog/hackers-vs-software-programmers.html/#comment-295 Tim Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:05:17 +0000 http://www.webimpakt.com/blog/software-design/hackers-vs-software-programmers/#comment-295 Very nice analogy. This is truth. There are many levels of programming software just like there are many levels of building. Ironically, the levels are pretty much the same: Architects, designers and builders. All three can be applied to building a home or building software. Very nice analogy. This is truth. There are many levels of programming software just like there are many levels of building. Ironically, the levels are pretty much the same: Architects, designers and builders. All three can be applied to building a home or building software.

]]> http://www.webimpakt.com/blog/open-source-software.html/#comment-294 Tim Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:55:58 +0000 http://www.webimpakt.com/blog/software-design/open-source-software/#comment-294 Open source software can be a tricky adventure, especially for companies looking to "build" upon open source code. Most open source code is licensed under the GNU. The GNU serves to keep open source code free even AFTER light or heavy modifications to the original source code. This means a company that builds proprietary components, workflows or logic within an open source code base must freely offer those modifications to the community. This may be a drawback for some companies. For example, any company that Web Impakt has used OSCommerce for and has made changes to the OSCommerce source code to support said company, I can legally request a copy of that company's source code for OSCommerce....yikes Open source software can be a tricky adventure, especially for companies looking to “build” upon open source code. Most open source code is licensed under the GNU. The GNU serves to keep open source code free even AFTER light or heavy modifications to the original source code. This means a company that builds proprietary components, workflows or logic within an open source code base must freely offer those modifications to the community. This may be a drawback for some companies. For example, any company that Web Impakt has used OSCommerce for and has made changes to the OSCommerce source code to support said company, I can legally request a copy of that company’s source code for OSCommerce….yikes

]]> http://www.webimpakt.com/blog/software-design.html/#comment-4 Web Impakt » Blog Archive » Web Design Cost Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:21:38 +0000 http://www.webimpakt.com/blog/?p=9#comment-4 [...] a previous post we compared software design to building a house. You need house plans to build a sturdy valuable [...] [...] a previous post we compared software design to building a house. You need house plans to build a sturdy valuable [...]

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