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ONLamp: OSCON: Developers and Testers as Heroes

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 5, 2005

“The software developer is the hero of our day. This is not only
because of what developers have accomplished, but because of their
integrity and transparency. They can’t fake what they do.

“A developer can’t make his code perform better by ingesting
dangerous medicines. He can’t improve benchmarks by carrying out
shady accounting deals. He doesn’t get anywhere by wearing glitzy
clothes and appearing on TV shows after two-hour make-up
sessions…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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