[clug] [OT] "Broken Windows Theory" (to lower crime) ... applied to Software

[steve jenkin]

I'm sure this approach doesn't apply to any of the good folk on this
list doing Software, for Fun or Profit:

 Fix things as you find them, prevent 'drift' and entropy.

<http://pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer/extracts/software-entropy>
[750wds]

When I read the phrase, I thought it had something to do with Microsoft,
but no... It comes from Policing in near ghettos.

Just so none of you think I'm that smart, here's the CFengine newsletter
that referenced it.

<http://cfengine.com/blog/continuous-configuration-management-6-billion-checks-a-day>

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