Re: code4lib open source software award

From: Karen Schneider <kgschneider_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:41:47 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Mike Taylor <mike_at_indexdata.com> wrote:

>
>
>  > It might be a good idea, but maybe not with the Code4Lib name. But
>  > I worry in general we don't collectively know enough about what
>  > makes good software to give a Software of the Year honor reliably.
>
> The Motion Picture Academy doesn't collectively know enough about what
> makes good movies to give a Best Picture Oscar reliably, either, but
> that doesn't stop them taking their best guess.


And sometimes, grasshopper, it is through the doing that comes the
knowing...


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Received on Fri Mar 06 2009 - 11:43:10 EST