Comments on: Question of the Week: Is or should “dogfooding” be important to embedded developers? http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/05/12/question-of-the-week-is-or-should-%e2%80%9cdogfooding%e2%80%9d-be-important-to-embedded-developers/ Shedding Light on the Hidden World of Embedded Systems Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:18:37 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: C. @EM http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/05/12/question-of-the-week-is-or-should-%e2%80%9cdogfooding%e2%80%9d-be-important-to-embedded-developers/#comment-802 C. @EM Fri, 14 May 2010 05:57:27 +0000 http://robert.blogs.embeddedinsights.com/2010/05/12/question-of-the-week-is-or-should-%e2%80%9cdogfooding%e2%80%9d-be-important-to-embedded-developers/#comment-802 <p>The "make or buy" decision doesn't need dogs for understanding. By the way, both human food and dog food declare their ingredients. Some microcontroller manufacturers offer entry-level routines at no charge (good and proven example: Microchip).</p> The “make or buy” decision doesn’t need dogs for understanding. By the way, both human food and dog food declare their ingredients. Some microcontroller manufacturers offer entry-level routines at no charge (good and proven example: Microchip).

]]> By: J. @EM http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/05/12/question-of-the-week-is-or-should-%e2%80%9cdogfooding%e2%80%9d-be-important-to-embedded-developers/#comment-801 J. @EM Thu, 13 May 2010 12:09:56 +0000 http://robert.blogs.embeddedinsights.com/2010/05/12/question-of-the-week-is-or-should-%e2%80%9cdogfooding%e2%80%9d-be-important-to-embedded-developers/#comment-801 <p>"Dogfooding", yet another useless bit of jargon that conveys no useful information or insight. No, I dinn't want someone else's rotten "dogfood"; I'll certainly spit it out, even if the supplier eats it himself. I want effective, reliable professional tools that facilitate my development tasks! </p> <p>Recall Voltaire: "If you wish to converse with me, define your terms."</p> “Dogfooding”, yet another useless bit of jargon that conveys no useful information or insight. No, I dinn’t want someone else’s rotten “dogfood”; I’ll certainly spit it out, even if the supplier eats it himself. I want effective, reliable professional tools that facilitate my development tasks!

Recall Voltaire: “If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.”

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