SecretGeek writes about examples on why people are not like computers. He gives 4, but I’m sure there are at least 7 differences.
The first example DRY (Don’t repeat yourself) is the opposite of Horstman’s second law of management (from the excellent Manager Tools): “There’s no such thing as over-communication”.
By the way the first law is:”It’s all about people”. And the way I see this blog taking shape in its second coming is about merging the two worlds