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Where good software comes from, by Melinda Varian
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  1. Really good software can be written only by very small groups of very skilled programmers.
  2. Really good software is almost always a labor of love.
  3. Really good software is almost always begun because the author himself needs it; it makes his computer do something that he really wants it to do.
  4. Really good software is never finished; it continues to grow. If it doesn’t grow, it decays.
  5. To evolve into really good software, a program or system must be “hacked at”.
  6. To evolve into really good software and remain good, a program or system must develop an intelligent, adventurous, passionate user community with enough influence to be able to guide its further development.
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