kambic@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (George X. Kambic, Allen-Bradley Inc.) (05/23/91)
I was asked a question earlier today, to which I had an immediate response, but
then I wondered if people on the net had better ideas. The question I was
asked was; " What are the best software companies in the US?", to which I
immediately replied, "Define best". So I ask netusers; what are the standards
by which you measure the "best" software companies, and then who are they?
The standards by which "best' is measured should be objective in
order to relate them to any company. For example, does everyone
know and agree on the SEI Assessment, and the resultant rating as a scale?
For non DoD companies, does sales enter into the equation? Or is it that
elusive item we all work on, "quality" software? Do you need to have available
comparable metrics (if metrics should be part of the evaluation, and if so,
how)? If you do not want to compare measurements, what would you use?
Customer satisfaction? How?
Please email responses to kambic%astro.decnet@icd.ab.com. I will be more than
glad to post a summary to the net, that is, assuming people out there have
opinions on such a minor subject> (8;-))
George X. Kambic
Allen-Bradley
kambic%astro.decnet@icd.ab.com
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PS. BTW, my answer was hmmmm.