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Re: An Analysis Pattern for Inventories
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Neil Tiffin |
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Re: An Analysis Pattern for Inventories |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:40:19 -0500 |
At 9:21 PM -0500 3/1/02, Dirk Riehle wrote:
There have been attempts to patent patterns, but non of them was
really successful, and we are still kind of expecting a shootout
between a corporation attempting this and the patterns community (as
represented by the Hillside group).
This is exactly the kind of action we are want to avoid. We don't
have the funds or desire to be in this shoot-out. Just to reiterate,
we are all for patterns as long as we have clear rights to use the
material.
At 9:21 PM -0500 3/1/02, Dirk Riehle wrote:
But the question is what you mean by using patterns. For business
models? I guess a good textbook on double-entry bookkeeping gives
you all the patterns (in textbook disguise) you need to design a
decent bookkeeping solution. What's been called "patterns" most of
the time just means the description form and not the actual
contents, so the fight is on about the contents, of course, and not
the presentation form.
Exactly, that is why we plan to design our own system. So that our
system is based on need, our teams experience and intelligence. By
doing it this way we are free from entanglements. We won't knowingly
copy or use any patented, proprietary, confidential, copyright or
even questionable material. And each member of the team must sign a
release saying they are not contributing someone else's work. As an
example, the code on your home page would not be usable by GNUe. To
use something created by someone else we need a clear definition of
ownership and rights, the best is GPL, but others also work.
I think it would be fantastic if you wanted to bring patterns into
the GNUe project. Our delay at this point are the tools to convert
the UML into usable form. Without the tools, we will have to
maintain the pattern and the implementation separately. My
experience indicates that one or the other will not be maintained
without the tools. And since without tools we cant use the UML
directly I have in the past questioned where we will find the
resource to keep the UML accurate.
Our UML tool is "dia". Our early discussions were centered around
taking UML from dia and somehow generating something that GNUe can
use internally. That is still a great project for someone to take on.
Any takers?
Neil
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Re: An Analysis Pattern for Inventories, Ke Deng, 2002/03/01
Re: An Analysis Pattern for Inventories, Derek A. Neighbors, 2002/03/02
Re: An Analysis Pattern for Inventories, Daniel E Baumann, 2002/03/02