Re: Documents before products

[Sue Heim <sue -at- RIS -dot- RISINC -dot- COM>]

John Ahlstrom wrote:
> A couple of days ago someone wrote a pitiful
> lament and a wonderful response to the problem
> it lamented.  Something like:
>         My boss said I have to have this
>         thing documented and the code is not
>         even writtent yet.  When I asked "How?",
>         he said, "Make reasonable guesses."
>
>         If I could I would write:
>         "If you type any key, your computer will
>         crash.  If you call our technical support,
>         they will blame Microsoft."
>
> A marvelous response to a horrifying situation.

I must've tossed out the originator's message without reading it,
since I don't recall it. But... the paragraph that started "If I
could I would write..." should have been properly attributed. Someone
help me out here -- this was not an original by the poster... was it
a Dilbert saying?

...sue
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Sue Heim
Research Information Systems
Carlsbad, California USA
Email: Sue -at- ris -dot- risinc -dot- com

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