Crisis Software Development

Have you ever wondered what it like to be under the gun to develop something where time was pressing.

Most software is developed under pretty easy condiction but when you have a natural disaster all schedules get thrown out the window.

Microsoft gets a lot of bad press but they do a lot of good things that they do not get enough credit before. One of those was the development effort behind Katrina Safe and related programs For a really compelling story about how a group of Microsoft employees where thrown together to develop programs for the Katrina disaster start reading here and go forward.

The story of crash software development almost around the clock is told here , here, here, here , here and here.

My congratulations to the entire team you guys did what you could in your area of expertise to make a difference.