Grady Booch Quotations

We knew we needed to disconnect the language from the process,

Rather than controlling the basic process framework, we (at IBM) can leverage what the open-source community does. And other software vendors can do the same around our processes.

It's the inevitable path of all software engineering,

In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams.

Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.

Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.

Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?

The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity.

UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.

C++ also supports the notion of friends: cooperative classes that are permitted to see each other's private parts.

All of life is iterative. It goes back to the point I made earlier, which is you can't a priori know enough to even ask the right questions.

A fool with a tool is still a fool.

The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.

This is a continuation of IBM's and Rational's commitment to the open source community, ... We have built an ecosystem around RUP and we want to expand that.