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I would deride Frank Gehry... The motive appears to be, "How pointlessly weird can I get?" I'm sorry you don't like Frank Gehry. But surely you're not saying,

I would deride Frank Gehry... The motive appears to be, "How pointlessly weird can I get?" I'm sorry you don't like Frank Gehry. But surely you're not saying, categorically, that software architecture is pointless? I'm making that point that there may be good design or bad design, but we should not characterize design itself as harmful-- which is what is implied by pitting "duct tapers" against "architecture astronauts."

bkovitz 17y ago
But surely you're not saying, categorically, that software architecture is pointless? Not at all, only that Frank Gehry might be a poor analogy to enlighten people about the value of software architecture and design. "Duct tapers good" vs. "architecture astronauts bad" is surely a false dichotomy and a horrible analysis of the situation. Here's an example that might shed better light on the real situation: Microsoft is crawling with duct tapers, and Apple takes design seriously. Microsoft is much wealthier, but I prefer to use Apple products, and I wouldn't want to work at Microsoft.