At 10:42 AM 3/14/01 -0800, Charles Barilleaux wrote:
>2. No company, so noone a manager can bully into adding feature (and
>thus look important)
In 20+ years in IT I have encountered exactly one vendor that was
responsive to requests for adding new features. Responsive in the sense of
actually implementing them, rather than making soothing noises. I have
encountered zero vendors that responded to bullying. I wonder when
managers will get the clue that the bullying activity serves only to vent
their spleen and doesn't actually accomplish anything. I believe this is
the real threat of Open Source to these guys: they would be forced into a
model where they couldn't pretend that rude behavior would get them anywhere.
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
