Abstract. This short paper reports about the software process used for the development of CFS2 mods. CFS2 is the latest version of MS Combat Flight Simulator; a mod is a modification of the game that adds new features, fixes existing bugs, or enhances its performance. Mods are not developed by MS; indeed there is a wide community of enthusiastic fans of CFS2 -and smart programmers -that provide free mods through the Internet. This community is a completely anarchic one, but, if we carefully observe it, we discover a repeatable software process. The paper provides an inside report of such process and proposes several discussion issues about the differences between this particular context and the more known industrial one.
Until recently, the ELEA 9003 by Olivetti and the CEP by the University of Pisa were considered the first digital computers built in Italy. The CEP was the final outcome of a project carried out from 1955 to 1961 by the University of Pisa with a substantial participation of Olivetti. Actually, this seven years long project delivered a first fully functional computer already in 1957: the MR. However, for a number of reasons, the relevance of MR has been overlooked by previous researchers that underestimated its accomplishments. This paper offers a revised introduction to the history of the CEP project and adds an original chapter, devoted to the MR. We also briefly present the experimental archeology project that rediscovered the MR. In particular, we highlight the benefits that a rebuilding approach brings to the proper reconstruction and to the correct evaluation of historical events
Abstract. In the last years, in Italy, software reuse has become an e-government hot topic. In this context, reuse is intended as the large scale adoption of software applications developed by local and independent initiatives. Due to the large autonomy of Italian local public administrations, reuse is preferred to centralized development of applications. The paper presents the experience of a three years regional project to manage and enforce reuse in Tuscany. The main result of the project is a model for reuse that emphasizes freedom to develop and freedom to adopt. The implementation of the model is based on a reusable application repository that lists and certifies software products that are available for reuse.
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