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Subject:Re: The last minute crunch From:"Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:21:23 -0700
"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net> wrote in message news:211054 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
> Chuck Martin wrote:
>
> >Is there such a process there (I can hardly beleive
> >that there's not; "IBM" and "process" are synonyms), and if so, are the
> >developers going around that process, either because they think the issue
is
> >so small or they believe that docs aren't part of the development
process?
> >
> IBM and process used to be synonyms. The new, more agile IBM is full of
> creative people who do what they can however they can get away with it.
> That's not necessarily a bad thing.
>
This is why it's hard to relate humor in text--and it's especially hard to
put smileys within parentheses.
