                           ELECTRONIC BOOK

                WILD SOFTWARE META-SYSTEMS

                      by Kent Duane Palmer, Ph.D.
 
                           Draft #1 Version B
                              impression 2
                        copyright 1996 Kent Palmer
                           all rights reserved
                           not for distribution
                             review copy on
                         release date 960610


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This book is about the philosophy underlying software engineering, 
software design meta-methodology, and the future of software process.

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