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IBM Research
© 2009 IBM Corporation
Grady Booch
Trends in Software
IBM Research
© 2009 IBM Corporation
How Much Software Exists In The World?
SLOC is a measure of labor
–
Old code never dies –
Some code is DOA
Some assumptions
1 SLOC = 1 semicolon
Number of software professionals worldwide
% of software professionals who cut code
SLOC/developer/year
$100/SLOC to develop
IBM Research
© 2009 IBM Corporation
Number Of Software Professional Worldwide
Number of IT professionals worldwidey = -128.47x
3
+ 12800x
2
- 59294x + 14662302,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,00010,000,00012,000,00014,000,00016,000,000
1 9 4 5 1 9 4 8 1 9 5 1 1 9 5 4 1 9 5 7 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 3 1 9 6 6 1 9 6 9 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 8 1 9 8 1 1 9 8 4 1 9 8 7 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 9 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 5
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