On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 01:37:41PM -0700, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
> >..Your points are cogent and I'm not disputing them. But to reiterate, I'm
> > describing what *I* would do and why *I* would do it that way. And FWIW,
> > I do this stuff at work, so my position, while it may be _wrong_ in
> > technical detail, is nonetheless thought through to the best of my
> > ability.
> >
> > There is a trade-off, as we all know, between development time and
> > niftiness of programs, and it ain't linear. Basic functionality can be
> > batted out. Zooming maps that work on all browsers and java
> > implementations take a different level of effort and testing, and may
> > not be the first feature to promise to marketing during the design
> > phase. And if your program is for internal use, you might even find that
> > zooming graphics are available without javascript and a browser.
> >
> > There is a hell of a lot more to designing and writing c/s programs (at
> > least where I work) than putting whiz-bang keen-o stuff on someone's
> > box. There are a lot of time-to-roll-out and 80-20 (as in 20% of the
> > effort gets us 80% of the functionality and perhaps 110% of what anyone
> > will ever use) discussions.
>
> I not only agree to defend your right to say, but I even agree with what
> you are saying!
>
YEAAA! Someone agrees with me!
I'm going swimming :-)
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Lan Barnes
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Tcl/Tk Enthusiast
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when are you going to challenge those who would answer "the government"?
- Neal Boortz
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