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Subject:Re: Why should I be worried about the merger? From:"Poster" <Poster -at- aurora -dot- cotse -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:26:27 -0400 (EDT)
Guy K. Haas said:
> The Peanut Gallery wrote:
>
>> It's like this, if you bought a craftsman hand saw, then Dewalt
>> bought
>> the craftsman name and then discontinued the craftsman hand saw,
>> would
>> you complain and go buy another one. You might if your pockets were
>> lined with money.
>
> How long did it take to learn how to really productively use the
> Craftsman saw? How long will it be until you are equally comfortable
> and productive with the Dewalt?
Excellent points. People do take time to learn new shortcuts, new
workflows, and to retrain muscle memory. Those are physical realities
we all have to handle. And some tools may not match up with the way
you think, so there may be additional time spent in shifting
paradigms. Learning new things of course takes more time the older
that you are.
I'll just keep using DW and FW until my machine dies. After all, they
enhance my productivity and that's what counts.
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