On 30/06/2013 2:03 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote:
On 6/29/2013 9:38 PM, David Crayford wrote:
It's good that they accepted the requirement. Reading between the
lines they're saying "We think it's a good requirement. We want to do
it, but we probably won't. At least not anytime soon".
I have been looking at SHARE requirements for many years and I read
(between the lines?) almost exactly the opposite. When an IBM
development organization states:
"IBM intends to provide a solution."
That is precisely what they mean.
The later sentence:
"However IBM's plans may change and no commitment is made that a
solution will be provided."
means that circumstances beyond the developers' control, such as
future staffing or management changes, could hrow a "monkey wrench"
into their plans. As a software developer by trade, I completely
understand that CYA.
Thanks. Maybe I was confused by the last sentence "This is not a
commitment to deliver the code, but if we do it it would be a line item
and would take a few years before it can be delivered".
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