bkil vs. programming

Fine literature has been available for decades now, but some still don't seem to get it right. Software Quality at Top Speed by chief software engineer Steve McConnell (Software Development, August 1996) highlights reasons for project overruns and the importance of taking time to design and do reviews Quality Cost Analysis: Benefits and Risks by Cem Kaner (Software QA, Volume 3, #1, 1996, p. 23.) details the economic side

This is one of the best quotes I could find about the superiority of open source software: "The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." — Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times Magazine (4 October 1953)