Geoff Canyon :
> At 8:57 PM +0000 7/13/01, jbv wrote:
> >But if you start the kind of above description, you'll just look like a
> >weird hacker and will probably loose the client...
>
> So you don't describe it like that. Instead you say, "We use a binary tree database
>with doubly-linked records." If they ask for clarification, describe the effect of
>those aspects, not the underlying technique/technology. "A binary tree speeds
>searches by minimizing..." etc.
>
> gc
> --
I see your point, however there are some magic words that make
you "look professional" : for instance Access, Java, asp, Director
(oooh I'm gonna get flamed for that one), etc etc.
On the other hand, sentences like the ones you mention above will
make everybody fall asleep, or say "yuck, who's that creep ???? "
Sorry folks, but I'm talking about real life... Lots of ppl / companies /
agencies / whatever who pay for a CD-ROM or a website don't have
the slightest idea of what's going on behind the screen, and they need
the magic words to feel in confidence.
Besides, there are also economic & logistic considerations : in case
you get a terrible accident shortly before the whole project is finished
or decide to give up any software development activity and hide out
in a tibetan monastery for the rest of your life, who's gonna help
your client with that "binary tree database with doubly-linked
records" ?
JB
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