The NT Culture
Portability, Reliability, Security, and Extensibility ingrained as the teams top priority
- Every decision was made in the context of these design goals
Everyone owns all the code, so whenever something is busted anyone has a right and a duty to fix it
- Works in small groups (< 150 people) where people cover for each other
- Fails miserably in large groups
Sloppiness is not tolerated
- Great idea, but very difficult to nurture as group grows
- Abuse and intimidation gets way out of control, can’t keep calling people stupid and expect them to listen
A successful culture has to accept that mistakes will happen