Foreword by Tony Salvaggio

When we founded Computer Aid, Inc., (CAI) in the early 1980s, we stated that our business mission would be to strive toward thought leadership in the areas of software engineering, software development productivity, and application support productivity. The founders of CAI had a strong belief that doing things the right way, repeatedly, would unlock tremendous business value for our future clients. Although our startup team had deep experience in software engineering, as well as large-project design and development, we knew that such experience alone would not be sufficient to qualify us as “thought leaders.”

There is a great quote from Isaac Newton about how scientists “stand on the shoulders of giants.” Newton meant ...

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