AT HP THESE DAYS, OLD SOFTWARE NEVER DIES.

Discusses various issues related to the software revolution that has been quietly brewing at the Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) over recycling of its software. View that Martin Griss, a cherubic South African, is the leading the movement; Discussion on the use of object-oriented methods; Information that Griss helped persuade programmers in four different HP divisions to swap pre-used software with each other instead of creating everything from scratch; Arguments pertaining to CareValue 9000, a network of workstations that helps nurses record and manage patient information; Discussion on the problems faced by HP's programmers in developing CareValue.