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In reply to the discussion: Who writes good, stable, easy-to-use software? [View all]jmowreader
(50,562 posts)22. ECRM
It's a company that makes computer-to-plate systems for printing plants. The software that drives their platesetters (it's called CTServer) has gone down exactly one time in the two years I've been working here, and it wouldn't have then except some dumbass got drunk, ran his car into the substation feeding this area, and darkened 150 blocks.
I can give you the name of a company that writes bad, unstable, hard-to-use software if you want that...
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It really depends on the nature of the code. There are things you can code with your eyes closed.
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#24
Oh yeah. I've got some good ones, but I'm saving them for a book I'm working on.
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#29