Object-Oriented Technology: Getting Beyond the Hype

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Authors: H.A. Smith, J.D. McKeen

Tags: 1996, conceptual modeling

These days, everyone in the Information Systems (IS) world is talking about object-oriented technology- known as “OO” to its aficionados. The enthusiasm about OO has even reached the mainstream press (Hammonds, 1991) and executives are hearing success stories about dramatic productivity gains and “programming with lego blocks” (Hammonds, 1991). Within IS, some people are talking about an OO “revolution” that will dramatically change how IS does its work and which has the potential to eliminate or significantly reduce IS staffs.

Read the full paper here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/243350.243356