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al·ter (ôltr) v. al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters v. tr. To change or make different; modify: altered my will. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit. v. intr. To change or become different. ''At first glance it appears solid, like a "rock". But things fall apart a bit if we alter the connection of "AfroAPI == Toyota" '' a bit like altering a losing lottery ticket into a winning one something to chew on while trying to be clever >From: "Digital Strider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "David Steele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Help] New AfroAPI release. >Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:41:38 -0800 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [216.100.99.13] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBDAAD40B008A40043749D864630DE3170; Thu, 01 Nov 2001 09:40:27 -0800 >Received: from orbspawn (adsl-63-195-244-118.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net >[63.195.244.118])by antipater.hosting.pacbell.netid MAA27751; Thu, 1 Nov >2001 12:40:17 -0500 (EST)[ConcentricHost SMTP Relay 1.7] >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 01 Nov 2001 09:41:13 -0800 >Errors-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Importance: Normal > >The "rock man" comeith..., > >Metaphor:___________________________________________________________________ >__ > >firstly i dont speak for the developers i speak for myself and i say what i >see, perhaps some people choose to lurk instead of jumping in and iam >suprised no-one else has mentioned this before, i dont go to a Ford dealer >and expect them to sell me a Toyota do i ? >____________________________________________________________________________ >__ > >One thing I like about metaphors is they are so powerful at hiding what >could be the truth. Kind of like that marketing gobble-de-goop those MBA's >throw up on a wall to derail ideas that don't have "synergism" with theirs. > >Now lets take the above referenced Metaphor for example. > >At first glance it appears solid, like a "rock". But things fall apart a >bit if we alter the connection of "AfroAPI == Toyota" to say... "AfroAPI == >Ford Explorer" (I'm not implying that the wheels fall of the AfroAPI). > >In this context the different API's seem friendly, like brothers in a >family. In fact this new metaphor implies that you might actually find >both >models at the same "metaphor" lot, which does validate his posting on the >company bulletin board (so to speak). > >Something worth chewing on while you head to CompUSA to look for a spell >checker. > > >Raymond >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/2001 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
