Sorry,

We will have to agree to disagree.  The programmers work for the
developer.  The customer purchases a license to use the program.  If the
customer has an issues, they can contact the developer/software owner.  The
customer absolutely does not contact the programmer nor does the customer
have the right or knowledge to dictate to the programmer what priorities
should be set.  I always chuckle when someone contacts this list and says I
am a former programmer or I am an IT professional therefore I know what the
best business model is for a company I have never worked for.

There are many many users on this list that barely know how to turn a
computer on (no insults intended to anyone).  How can those same people
possibly know what priorities should be set for correcting perceived issues
which in many cases is not an issue, but user misunderstanding.

As I said, we will have to agree to disagree - setting priorities belongs
with the programmers - not the users.


On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Alex MacPhee <[email protected]>wrote:

> In the real and commercial world, not the land of La La, it's the
> customers who pay the programmers, not the programmers who pay the
> customers.  The function of a program suite is to solve a problem that the
> customer has, not a problem the programmer has, and it's the customer's
> priorities therefore that count. There is a maxim well understood in the
> commercial world, that if you don't listen to your customers, somebody else
> will.
>
> Alex
>
>


Ron Bernier
Woonsocket, RI



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