"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Mark Hansen wrote:

Well, with software development, the goal is most often to meet the
sales deadline, so the money can be counted "in the quarter".

Yep. One group I worked with at my former employer once knowingly shipped
a
blank installation tape. It bought them a week of development.

Did it vary much from the final product?



LOL, one of you has to work for IBM. Fess'up. I been around this block
with Big Blue.