4 | 1998

Introduction
Ed Yourdon

Both Sides Always Lose: The Litigation of Software-Intensive Contracts
Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister

Conflict and Litigation Between Software Clients and Developers
Capers Jones

Borrowing Trouble ... Not!
Tom Bragg and Bill Rosen

If Not This, What? The Internet as Cause to Redefine Your Internal Procedures
Gregory S. Barsh

Looking Over the Legal Edge at Unsuccessful Software Projects
Herb Krasner

Software engineers and IT professionals can never seem to get enough information about technology, and IT managers seem to be spending more and more time learning about business alignment, reengineering, and other strategic issues. Both groups often profess a lack of interest in anything involving the politics of information management, despite the recent publication of a marvelous book by Paul Strassmann illustrating its importance. But even more noticeable is the lack of interest in the legal aspects of software. We tend to assume that software patents and copyrights are intrinsically boring and that legal contracts associated with software projects are just as dull.