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[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:iakbog$2ra3$1 at digitalmars.com...
>
> Back in the days of competitive compiler benchmarks, my compiler often won 
> them, up against those well paid huge compiler teams from MS, Borland, 
> etc. A friend told me once that the head of one large company used to yell 
> down the halls how come Walter sitting over his garage can beat you guys. 
> That made me feel good.
>

Yea, what many people don't realize is that developing within a big business 
environment is *very* constraining, for various reasons. It really is much 
easier for a small informal group to write good software than it is for a 
bigger business environment. But somehow people are brainwashed into 
thinking that having know-nothing managers sticking their fingers where they 
don't belong is somehow supposed to produce better results. Larger resources 
and brainwashing (ie, "brand recognition") are the *only* advantages the 
business environment provides, all the other advantages go to the small 
informal devs.