I started working on a post a couple of weeks ago, but like many things, I don't know when to quit.  So, here I am with an incomplete essay / research paper hybrid that I'm _still_ adding to yet trying to keep interesting enough to qualify as a blog post.  Most blog posts that cross the 500 word mark are deemed large, and over 1000 are considered epic.  I think what I'm going to do is finish the paper then post it here as a PDF with some meta information about it.

It's an ambitious endeavor to be sure.  I don't want to give too much away since it hasn't been edited at all, but I will give the opening paragraph. 

Working title:

Why software sucks: How the software industry mislead its customers through its missteps and its inability to adapt quickly to a changing technological landscape

This will be an examination of the current state of the art in computer software applications, their construction, and the people and companies that create them.  I concede that that is an ambitious title and opening statement.  I will attempt to analyze the state of software today by shedding light on the industry itself; the processes that contribute to the end product; a historical perspective on computing; and examining the business of software.

Perhaps sounds more like a Dateline NBC investigation, I don't know.  We'll see where it goes.  Yes, the title is meant to be slightly ironic.

Cheers,

Goody