IT systems often go over budget, overrun production deadlines and then fail to work properly. This book argues that the fundamental nature of programming technology itself is the real culprit; it promises perfection but can only deliver emergent chaos.
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IT systems often go over budget, overrun production deadlines and then fail to work properly. This book argues that the fundamental nature of programming technology itself is the real culprit; it promises perfection but can only deliver emergent chaos.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 323 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Line drawings, black & white, Line drawings, color, Tables, black & white, Figures. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010937104 Type of material Book Personal name Partridge, Derek, 1945-Main title The seductive computer: why IT systems always fail / Derek Partridge. Published/Created London; New York: Springer, c2011. Description xvi, 323 p. : ill. (some col. ); 24 cm. ISBN 9781849964975 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1849964971 (pbk. : acid-free paper) LC classification QA76.9. F34 P37 2011 Subjects Computer system failures. Fault-tolerant computing. Computers--Reliability. System design. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn646114625
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