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February 24th 05, 02:55 AM
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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. George Patterson I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company. 
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February 24th 05, 03:54 PM
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"George Patterson" wrote in message ... 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?
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February 24th 05, 04:30 PM
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... "George Patterson" wrote in message ... 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.
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February 24th 05, 06:54 PM
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Dude wrote: LOL, one of you has to work for IBM. Fess'up. I been around this block with Big Blue. Not I, but it may be where our management got the idea. George Patterson I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.
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February 24th 05, 04:32 PM
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Matt Barrow wrote:
: "George Patterson" wrote in message : ... : : 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? It produce many fewer errors! A hardware group I one worked with shipped just the lid to the packing crate with the shipping info on it ("What?! *THE LID* showed up? Where'd the rest of the one-off prototype go? Well, I guess we'll just have to make a new on, take about 4 months...") -- Aaron C.
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