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Realising a consistent approach in your implementation projects is quite a challenge. One of the tools I have applied successfully is to introduce some kind of reference architecture or a reference model, or even better: both, in a reference implementation. This...

The invention of the modern computer can be seen as a fundamental paradigm shift. But contrary to what the technology geeks want to make us believe, it is not about technology, digital content, the internet, or electronic devices.

Since it can (and in...

THE EDGE QUESTION—2015
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MACHINES THAT THINK?

But wait! Should we also ask what machines that think, or, "AIs", might be thinking about? Do they want, do they expect civil rights? Do they have feelings? What kind of government (for us) would an AI choose? What kind of...

This is the Dutch translation of the article: "Software is not a product".

Het is een alomtegenwoordig idee: software is een "ding". Het wordt ge-engineerd, gebouwd. Als het klaar is bewonder je het eindresultaat zoals een kunstenaar zijn werkstuk.

Om het beter te doen, denk je na ...

Dit is de Engelse vertaling van het artikel: "Software is geen product".

The idea is ubiquitous: software is a "thing". You engineer it, you build it. When you are done you appraise the end-result as a master artist views his piece.

To do it better, you think about improving your b...