MeWare, YouWare, UsWare, ThemWare

by Karel Thönissen

Eric Sink wrote an article why he replaced CityDesk with something homebrewn. In the article he introduces the terms MeWare, UsWare and ThemWare for software that is used only by the developers, by developers and customers and just by customers, in that order.

I would also add YouWare: software for others, but contrary to ThemWare, for a known customer who can be asked for clarification of the specifications, or who will interfere with the development process in the form as an endless creep source. In other words contracting.

At Garabit make a lot of MeWare, by the way.

I am glad to say that I am very a very happy CityDesk user.