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"...It's talking about scientists that did NOT switch to writing software as a product, but as merely a way to accomplish their primary scientific goals. ..."
by FpUser 7y ago
"...It's talking about scientists that did NOT switch to writing software as a product, but as merely a way to accomplish their primary scientific goals. ..."
Sure, for this they would do what is just enough to solve their specific problem. Just as ANY sound business would do.
- kingbirdy 7y agoBut the point of the article is that this isn't sustainable. If the person who wrote it leaves, or if they need to do a similar task later, or another lab is doing similar work, all the effort will be repeated. It would make a lot more sense for the community to invest in more open source tools that generalize to cover more research domains.