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Subject:    Re: [novalug] SEI CMM and Linux
From:       Doug Needham <sheridan3003 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-04-30 19:16:16
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--- Stephan Greene <sgreene@patriot.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Doug Needham wrote:
> 
> > This may start a flame war, but has anyone
> done
> > any research on the SEI CMM levels and
> whether
> > Linux fits into any of the existing levels? 
> > 
> > I have requirements here where I work to go
> > through training on the SEI CMM levels, and
> am
> > curious to know what everyone else thinks
> about
> > where does Open Source fit in that picture if
> it
> > does at all? 
> 
> disclaimer:  I am not an expert.  I just read a
> lot.
> 
> As I understand them, the SEI CMM levels
> address the processes an
> organization uses to develop and manage
> software.

This is my understanding as well, and my
curiosity is what about the "chaotic" open source
model? Release early release often as Linus has
said works great for Linux but where would that
put the Linux Kernel? Does that mean the the
Linux Kernel is SEI CMM level 1? Would this (SEI
CMM) only apply to vendors of Linux (Red Hat,
Progeny, Yellow Dog, VA)? 



  They are independent of
> the O/S platform, hardware, or language(s)
> used. 
> 
> Of course some languages, platforms, and
> toolsets lend themselves better
> than others to various CMM levels.  So I would
> expect a large organization
> using Ada to be better-equipped to meet CMM
> criteria than a one or
> 2-person shop developing in Visual Basic.
> 
> Steve
> 
>
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