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Re: Sanity? at work? was Re: The Missing Technical Link Re: Word 97
Subject:Re: Sanity? at work? was Re: The Missing Technical Link Re: Word 97 From:John David Hickey <jdavid -at- FARABI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:13:41 -0500
> If it isn't do we really want to be producing vital corporate
> documentation
> on an application that has these kinds of 'glitches' programmed into its
> software?
However, I don't really agree with your negative view of Easter eggs. Their
main reason for existing is to credit the many people who create the
software package, 'cause otherwise, they go unmentionned. They are not
glitches, they're the credits at the end of a film!
As long as they don't cause any problems, what's the harm? As for FM not
having any Easter Eggs, maybe you just haven't found them yet!
Don't judge the quality of a software package on the presence of a little
light-hearted eccentricity. If the software does what you need it to do
without burning down your house, then go with it.
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Be seeing you,
Lone Writer at Farabi Technology Corp. (Montreal, Quebec)
They say the pen is mighter than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
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Do not confuse my opinons with my employer's.
Each exists in blissful ignorance of the other.
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