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CBDi Forum Journal - December 1997 The Industrialisation of Software Delivery "It has been a long time in coming, but The Industrial Revolution of software is finally upon us", said Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft. "Specialisation of resources, standards for interchangeable parts, and streamlined assembly tools have been used in other industries for hundreds of years to speed the development of highly complex products. Despite their ubiquity, application of these concepts to the modern software industry is just beginning." - Microsoft announcement of Visual Basic 5.0, 3rd February 1997. Everyone is familiar with the industrial revolution. It transformed the deli |