There were 25 additional states that came in on the side of the Nine, in opposition to the MS contention that the Nine could not go forward on their own.
They don't necessarily support the fact that the Nine are going forward on their own, but they do support that the Nine should be able to do so.
He's not saying "Screw you, DOJ" he's saying "WTF, do you think we're gods?"
No, I think if they had designed and documented it properly from the beginning, it wouldn't nearly be the problem it is now...
And for the record, I was one of those people who thought that I didn't need to document anything...
Until I actually got out in the real world, and had to write code that others would maintain.
Give a choice between taking 10% extra time to document what was going on, or 25-50% extra time to explain it over and over and over again, guess what? I chose to document my code.
He was just really big on not doing more work that the contract required.
Looking at that, it doesn't come out quite right. His primary interest was meeting the job requirements, and only after they were met, would he consider additions.
I guess he just didn't want to have to deal with the mess of missing a deadline.
In most respects, he was one of the best damn bosses I've ever had.
I believe it's more of a, "If the consultant says it should be done, but the tech staff says it can't be done" listen to the tech staff.
FREX, at my last job, we had a consultant come in and tell us to "Do X to the database", and our Oracle Admin said that we couldn't. (Something about Oracle 7, which we had, vs Oracle 8i, which we told the consultant we didn't have, multiple times.)
The bosses listened to the consultant.
Loads of fun... In addition to paying the consultant, we ended up paying for the upgrade to 8i....
Reorg happens, I get stuck in a new team, with a manager who has a favorite group, and a least favorite group. I'm in the least favorite group.
He asks me to provide an estimate for a project. I tell him I can't until I get the necessary information from his favorite group.
He still insists on the estimate. I explain, in nausiating detail, how I can't give a reliable estimate until I have the necessary information.
He asks for the estimate again. So I finally give him one; as he wasn't going to go away until I did. Padded the estimate all to hell to make sure I had plenty of time, in case things got screwed up.
His favorites finally give me the information I need, and I do the project. It comes back from testing with all kinds of issues.
It turns out that the other group decided to change about 80% of the database after they gave me the information; but didn't tell me.
Needless to say, I missed the deadline. But it was all my fault because I couldn't mindread the work at home crowd. Two months later, I was involunatarily looking for a new job.
A logical solution would be to say that Indiana had a son, but that really doesn't fit too well with the 'gung-ho no ties' attitude that people assign to Indiana Jones.
Well, someone like Indy could leave a few kids all over the world... But I'm betting that they wouldn't want to bring that side out either...
Indiana Jones and the Curse of Montazuma
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Penguins
Indiana Jones and the Lost Source Code
Indiana Jones vs Laura Croft
Indiana Jones and the Halls of Microsoft
Indiana Jones and Avacado Women in the Jungle of Death
Indiana Jones Does Dallas
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Missing Socks
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There were 25 additional states that came in on the side of the Nine, in opposition to the MS contention that the Nine could not go forward on their own.
They don't necessarily support the fact that the Nine are going forward on their own, but they do support that the Nine should be able to do so.
That really boils down to a State's Rights issue.
He's not saying "Screw you, DOJ" he's saying "WTF, do you think we're gods?"
No, I think if they had designed and documented it properly from the beginning, it wouldn't nearly be the problem it is now...
And for the record, I was one of those people who thought that I didn't need to document anything...
Until I actually got out in the real world, and had to write code that others would maintain.
Give a choice between taking 10% extra time to document what was going on, or 25-50% extra time to explain it over and over and over again, guess what? I chose to document my code.
Fritz Hollings is, unfortunately, in South Carolina...
Here's hoping he gets unelected next time he's up....
It would be nice if someone finally would... Not that it would matter to me; I'm probably leaving here for a California job...
Benefits:
Low cost of living
Located between Atlanta, and the Research Triangle
Decent infrastructure, due to the collage campuses
Detractors:
Well, it is South Carolina
Convincing your staff to move here
There is, of course, the Marvel First Meeting Corollary, which states that,
"No matter how many friends/associates they have in common, the first meeting between two heroes commonly results in them fighting."
9 months, Columbia, South Carolina.
The last company I worked for just declared bankruptcy....
Nah, he can hit them with a, "Back when I invented COBOL" story.
That's more than enough...
Nice to see that they also reference Ted Nelson and Stanford.
Someone there is on the ball...
No idea.
He was just really big on not doing more work that the contract required.
Looking at that, it doesn't come out quite right. His primary interest was meeting the job requirements, and only after they were met, would he consider additions.
I guess he just didn't want to have to deal with the mess of missing a deadline.
In most respects, he was one of the best damn bosses I've ever had.
One of my former bosses handled feature creep quite well.
"Yes, we can add that. It will push the deadline back 1 month and cost you (the customer) an extra $150,000. Do you want to add it at this time?"
Very often, they didn't.
Actually, it was after the Admin told the PHBs that we couldn't do "X" under Oracle 7 and that they should just forget about the consultant's ideas.
They asked what it would take to get the consultant's ideas to work. The reply Oracle 8i.
That's when we upgraded.
Of course, a short time later, the company began a series of layoffs, including me, so it doesn't matter too much to me anymore.
I believe it's more of a, "If the consultant says it should be done, but the tech staff says it can't be done" listen to the tech staff.
FREX, at my last job, we had a consultant come in and tell us to "Do X to the database", and our Oracle Admin said that we couldn't. (Something about Oracle 7, which we had, vs Oracle 8i, which we told the consultant we didn't have, multiple times.)
The bosses listened to the consultant.
Loads of fun... In addition to paying the consultant, we ended up paying for the upgrade to 8i....
And don't play favorites.
Management horror story.
Reorg happens, I get stuck in a new team, with a manager who has a favorite group, and a least favorite group. I'm in the least favorite group.
He asks me to provide an estimate for a project. I tell him I can't until I get the necessary information from his favorite group.
He still insists on the estimate. I explain, in nausiating detail, how I can't give a reliable estimate until I have the necessary information.
He asks for the estimate again. So I finally give him one; as he wasn't going to go away until I did. Padded the estimate all to hell to make sure I had plenty of time, in case things got screwed up.
His favorites finally give me the information I need, and I do the project. It comes back from testing with all kinds of issues.
It turns out that the other group decided to change about 80% of the database after they gave me the information; but didn't tell me.
Needless to say, I missed the deadline. But it was all my fault because I couldn't mindread the work at home crowd. Two months later, I was involunatarily looking for a new job.
Listen to your employees.
Yes, but they are seperate, and don't always work together. They can be played off against each other...
When they take it from my cold, dead body!
Oh, wait....
A database core...
This means they are going to start bundling Access, doesn't it?
Oh wait, I read that wrong... It's a relational database core... That excludes Access.
Nope... Cause then people would be making lame "Revenge of the Jedi" comments. :)
A logical solution would be to say that Indiana had a son, but that really doesn't fit too well with the 'gung-ho no ties' attitude that people assign to Indiana Jones.
Well, someone like Indy could leave a few kids all over the world... But I'm betting that they wouldn't want to bring that side out either...
Indiana Jones and the Curse of Montazuma
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Penguins
Indiana Jones and the Lost Source Code
Indiana Jones vs Laura Croft
Indiana Jones and the Halls of Microsoft
Indiana Jones and Avacado Women in the Jungle of Death
Indiana Jones Does Dallas
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Missing Socks
A sign of the Apololypse?
Like AOL/TW suing, say, Microsoft?
Oh, wait...
I use Eudora.
It does everything I need, and it doesn't spread Outlook viruses...
MS Office file formats.
Nuff said.
Yeah, but relying on MS to make something backwards compatable is taking a big risk.
Yeah, they are being overly fair to Shiftman... They probably don't want to have to deal with his "lawyers".
NecroPuppy
I'm reluctant to see things go this route...
I don't want to have to replace a monitor because the built in DVD died, or vice versa...
Which computer company was it that soldiered their cards onto the motherboard???
The USB hub in the monitor, I don't have a problem with... A lot less can go wrong there, becaues there aren't any moving parts...