Iansommerville

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Hello

It's good to see an academic like yourself beginning to contribute. Regarding your draft article, you should probably search the archive of google news archive for articles about SICSA to demonstrate that it is notable, meaning that it has been covered by independent sources. Please let me know if you come across any difficulties / have any questions. Thanks SmartSE (talk) 18:33, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Conflict of interest is a problem here

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Response Considered very carefully and every attempt has been made to maintain objectivity, with extensive reference of statements in the article. In spite of the COI, I believe that my involvement leads to a better informed, more concise article. Iansommerville (talk) 11:30, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Ultra-large-scale systems

But the first sentence says that they are (always) software systems ... Tony (talk) 00:57, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

First sentence seems to have been garbled somehow. The SEI book makes clear these are not just software systems but it then goes on to focus on the software elements Iansommerville (talk) 13:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Are you able to tweak the opening, then? I don't have the knowledge. Tony (talk) 11:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

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Now done. Iansommerville (talk) 10:09, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

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