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Subject:Re: A step up, a step down From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:08:19 -0400
Bruce Byfield wrote:
>
> Peter wrote:
>
> >
> > Programmers who don't know when to stop programming are a contributing
> > cause of the financial woes of many a small company.
> > OTOH, programmers who stop programming too soon also contribute heavily
> > to the financial woes of companies.
>
> Of course, it's not at all like writers who want to add just one more
> section, or tweak the fonts one last time, is it? Or writers who won't
> learn the product in any detail?
>
> Different stories altogether :-)
Of course, font tweaking is an ancient and honorable profession. Any
manager who doesn't leave time for font tweaking must be some kind of
dinosaur. <sarcastic tag>
--
Peter
Mailto:peternew -at- optonline -dot- net
Adapting old programs to fit new machines
usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.
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