No, I think you have failed to comprehend the example from the book. Go back and read it again. A catch-22 is a circular set of conditions that can only be fulfilled if the other is true.
The second condition in your example falsely assumes that code which is released on schedule cannot also be bug free.
Furthermore, "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" is a lose-lose situation, not a catch-22. This phrase assumes that "do" and "don't" are not dependent on each other. Of course, if you have to "do" in order to "not do", and have to "not do" in order to "do", then you've got a catch-22.
You can always try what we did at my last job...making friends with the IT guys. Part of my job as an applications developer for a call center included extremely informal tech support. The phone people would call us first, and we'd solve their problem if possible (about half the time), or call in their trouble tickets when we couldn't do anything ourselves. As a result, we saved the IT guys from having to deal with a lot of problems that could be solved by rebooting the machine. In return they sometimes did us favors...
Me: "Think I could get an extra PC?"
Him: "Sure, just take one from that empty cube over there."
Me: "Hey, what can you do about getting some more RAM for this thing?"
Him: "I'll see what we have in stock."
Me: "Hey, can you turn on IIS for me?"
Him: "Ok, just don't tell anyone."
(We were developing web apps in.NET and weren't allowed to have IIS. Really)
Let's not kid ourselves. Most undergraduate business programs are a complete joke...I know, I'm the product of one. Even MBA programs are mostly a waste of time. Most of the business types/ MBA's I work with do nothing but spend their days in meetings and putting together uninsightful, awful-looking PowerPoint presentations.
If you want to talk about graduate econ and finance programs, then that's another story.
Haven't you seen 24? Systems compatability doesn't matter when it's the government. And that goes double if they're fighting terrorists.
Hell, they could reroute satellites from an Atari 2600 if they were so inclined.
Please don't send out these calls for people to be more discriminating. People will like what they like.
I'm not going to go so far as to say, "People should listen to band X more because blah blah blah" because everyone has their own tastes. However, in my experience, most folks couldn't give you a single reason why they do or don't like a particular artist or song beyond "Because it rocks" or "I just think it sucks." The fact is they simply aren't paying any attention. They listen to popular music because it's convenient and easy. They deserve to pay full price for an album and get 2-3 good songs.
There are ratings for almost every TV show aired, not just those in a particular 30 day period. But that's not the point.
Whether or not one is able to measure in real-time how many people are watching, if a news desk is airing things that are obviously inflammatory to my target audience, then I am going to voice my displeasure with the program's content and threaten to pull my ads if they don't deliver news my audience wants to hear.
Advertisers, be they print or broadcast, do not buy space or airtime based on the editorial leanings of the news desk. They buy space or airtime based simply on the number of people that will be exposed to that space or airtime. The measurement of those numbers is not exactly a science, but it is a finely honed craft. Numbers mean everything
The flaw with this argument is that advertisers buy time based not on how many people are watching, but on how many people in their target market are watching. So, if I am promoting Toby Keith's new album on Fox News channel, and they start running stories sympathetic to such un-American causes as gay marriage or peace rallies, I'm blowing steam out my ears because my target market is switching over to the Speed Channel as fast as the name might suggest.
Why do you think the Superbowl is filled with nothing but ads for Budweiser, disposable razors, and action movies starring The Rock? Why no feminine hygene products? It's the most watched program every year. Wouldn't Tampax want in on that? No, because it's mostly men watching. They'll stick to Dr. Phil, thank you very much.
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No, I think you have failed to comprehend the example from the book. Go back and read it again. A catch-22 is a circular set of conditions that can only be fulfilled if the other is true. The second condition in your example falsely assumes that code which is released on schedule cannot also be bug free. Furthermore, "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" is a lose-lose situation, not a catch-22. This phrase assumes that "do" and "don't" are not dependent on each other. Of course, if you have to "do" in order to "not do", and have to "not do" in order to "do", then you've got a catch-22.
You can always try what we did at my last job...making friends with the IT guys. Part of my job as an applications developer for a call center included extremely informal tech support. The phone people would call us first, and we'd solve their problem if possible (about half the time), or call in their trouble tickets when we couldn't do anything ourselves. As a result, we saved the IT guys from having to deal with a lot of problems that could be solved by rebooting the machine. In return they sometimes did us favors... Me: "Think I could get an extra PC?" Him: "Sure, just take one from that empty cube over there." Me: "Hey, what can you do about getting some more RAM for this thing?" Him: "I'll see what we have in stock." Me: "Hey, can you turn on IIS for me?" Him: "Ok, just don't tell anyone." (We were developing web apps in .NET and weren't allowed to have IIS. Really)
Let's not kid ourselves. Most undergraduate business programs are a complete joke...I know, I'm the product of one. Even MBA programs are mostly a waste of time. Most of the business types/ MBA's I work with do nothing but spend their days in meetings and putting together uninsightful, awful-looking PowerPoint presentations.
If you want to talk about graduate econ and finance programs, then that's another story.
Haven't you seen 24? Systems compatability doesn't matter when it's the government. And that goes double if they're fighting terrorists. Hell, they could reroute satellites from an Atari 2600 if they were so inclined.
Whether or not one is able to measure in real-time how many people are watching, if a news desk is airing things that are obviously inflammatory to my target audience, then I am going to voice my displeasure with the program's content and threaten to pull my ads if they don't deliver news my audience wants to hear.
Why do you think the Superbowl is filled with nothing but ads for Budweiser, disposable razors, and action movies starring The Rock? Why no feminine hygene products? It's the most watched program every year. Wouldn't Tampax want in on that? No, because it's mostly men watching. They'll stick to Dr. Phil, thank you very much.