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| | Charles Stack, Component software |
 | | Although software is a trillion-dollar industry, it still operates like a 19th century craft, says Charles Stack, president and CEO of Flashline.com, a marketplace and portal for software components. |
 | | Stack first recognized the beauty of components during one of his early ventures when he developed software for asbestos litigation back in 1990 when Visual Basic was the first widely adopted development tool that supported third-party components. |
 | | Stack's company offers a full range of services to fulfill software component needs, including a marketplace, a set of minimum-quality standards, a clearinghouse for best practices, and an outsourcing service. |
| www.infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/00/10/09/001009hncs.html (924 words) |
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