Re: A step up, a step down

[Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>]

Bruce Byfield wrote:
> 
> Peter wrote:
> 
> >
> > Programmers who don't know when to stop programming are a contributing
> > cause of the financial woes of many a small company.
> > OTOH, programmers who stop programming too soon also contribute heavily
> > to the financial woes of companies.
> 
> Of course, it's not at all like writers who want to add just one more
> section, or tweak the fonts one last time, is it? Or writers who won't
> learn the product in any detail?
> 
> Different stories altogether :-)

Of course, font tweaking is an ancient and honorable profession. Any
manager who doesn't leave time for font tweaking must be some kind of
dinosaur. <sarcastic tag>

-- 
Peter
Mailto:peternew -at- optonline -dot- net

Adapting old programs to fit new machines
usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.

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