In total, how many software programs are there in the world?
Joseph Newcomer, Former Chief Software Architect (1987–2010) Author has 14.7K replies, and 3.7M answer views.
Billions. Probably not trillions. But certainly, more than hundreds of millions. Some are one line long. Some are a hundred million lines long. And everything in between.
These software programs have vicious problems, such as unstable, no reliability, waste of billions of $s, maintaining nightmare, etc.
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Fayad’s Unified Software Engine (FUSE)
1) A unified way of architecting and building software solutions.
2) The new and improved next generation of solutions.
3) Built on any common core infrastructure, e.g., SaaS infrastructures.
4) Facilitate on-demand, highly reusable architectures and applications with rapid times to market; starting from requirements to final product delivery,
5) Incorporating qualities such as scalability, adaptability, maintainability, and many more.
The term 'Unified Software Engine' is a generalization of all these different kinds of USEs and would refer to the system that satisfies all the core requirements (Functional & Non-functional) across the entire lifecycle
Importance of the USE in advancing knowledge and understanding within its field and across different areas:
[1] Unification, Unlimited and Stable Reuse
The USE also advances the field of Software Engineering, moving from an ecosystem of hundreds of different part-solutions and relatively quick fixes to real solutions that are holistic and unified in nature. Moreover, it enables very high software reuse over an extended time, greatly saving maintenance costs.
[2] Domain Independence and Unlimited Applicability
USE builds systems that are used to support the functions in any domain to a single application as such. Based on the principles of the Software Stability Model (Where SSM),
The Unified Software Engine is architected and designed to make it highly adaptable, i.e., the separation of concerns between functionality sets is extremely well done. Each part of the functionality can be taken out, or some other can be plugged into the USE core scaling it in whatever way it is required. Moreover, having a generic stable body enables it to be suited and adapted to a change in the application context by changing just the application context-specific outer layer of the software. All of this is possible since it is built on the foundation of the Software Stability Model. In addition, SSM brings along several added values, such as longevity, high returns on investments, configurable, customizability, and much more.
