It may be the suspicion that dare not speak its name, but I'm guessing I'm not alone in having a suspicion of software development methodologies. In contrast to the explanatory mechanisms of the modellers and "methodologists", many indy commercial developers have a simple mantra: Solve a problem you want solving, and solve it well. Okay, this encodes a set of presuppositions: not least membership of a user community, a degree of platform experience, and a certain commercial nouse. UIDM would probably argue that this is a mistake we made 30 years ago. Is it still a mistake when software developers are no longer technology exceptionalists, but simply users in a community of users? A straw poll at the Emerge meal last night indicated that more than a few developers would like to build something cool as their bid. Pie in the sky? Today, for sure - but is it that far from the way that commercial software is funded through venture capital?
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