On 5/26/02 8:09 PM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/26/02 11:50 AM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> the script is only about a dozen lines. >> >> Those were the days. I'm just now working on a script that's 2000 lines >> long, one of about 50 scripts in my Export/Import package. Grand total for >> both X and 2001 is now about 65,000 lines (about t30,000 duplicated in the >> other version and then another 5,000, but all of them needing to be >> debugged.) Back to the mines... > > Wow! Please tell me you're going to charge something for all that work, Paul > :) Well, here's how it is. Unlike a lot of scripts that you use every day, nobody's going to export or import more than a few times. Well, maybe the Outlook to Entourage people who have a PC at work and a Mac at home - they seem most eager to get hold of it and might keep synching. But most people aren't going to want to pay for a one-off, are they? For some reason (almost entirely because I didn't realize what i was getting myself into) I got taken with the idea of being exhaustive. Well, it's certainly that. It's now taken me 8 months, having spent more time at it than at my real job. If I were able to recoup what the time is worth spent on a commercial venture, it would be about 3 full years' regular, substantial salary. That's so absurd, I don't think about it. I can see why the MBU hasn't got around to doing this export stuff yet - so much effort for something that's rarely used, when there are so many others things that need doing. Oh well, it really won't be long now. Mostly i enjoy the challenge, but every once in a while, when a change to something means changing 100 scripts and probably getting something new wrong somewhere, I do begin to wonder. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
