Wendy Friedlander, aka “wunda” has an awesome post over at her site. She says:
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The development environment of many institutions is molded to the vision of software provided by people with no insight.
Pushing irrelevant solutions and deadlines.
Traveling a rote technology line.
Where does that leave the rest of us?
We go with the flow.
We find a place that embraces agile.
We work to change our environment.
It takes a great deal of energy to foster change in your environment.
It takes time, effort, trust and many other qualities that make going with the flow look better and better as time goes by.
You are not alone.
Your company software policies were not created by your company.
They are the practices of the community.
A community that conforms to business and technology providers’ desires and not the interest of creating the best solutions.
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I love the sentiment, and I love that she is talking about ALT.NET.