One splendid thought I just had: Because it never became something to handle high up in the organisation, hence it never became a political issue, and therefor most of the BS has been avoided.
Nothing - nothing - beats leaving the folks alone to do the job. That's why the bearded fellows have kept working at the NEDC (New England Development Center), as I think it's called.
Mogens
Thater, William wrote:
Mogens N�rgaard scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
That's how I came to deliver the first-ever course at Lego in their HQ
in Denmark (in a town called Billund, but certainly not named after
The Bill).
yes i'm sure it's not named after me... oh you meant the other bill.;-)
Oracle has done the right things about Rdb again and again and again
after taking over the shop from Digital. They kept the bearded,
bitter, old, twisted, spec-writing folks of the New England
Development team. They let them get on with what they did best: Write
new features for Rdb. They borrowed good ideas from them and fed it
into Oracle. They let them use good Oracle ideas in Rdb. I have
never, ever, seen any take-over work so well in the IT industry. Ask
the Rdb customers (Lego, Novo, etc.) and they will tell you they
still trust Oracle and Rdb. Incredibly well done. Respect.
i wonder why this one worked and the other's haven't? what made this one different? i can't say the Oracle has exhibited this kind of integrity in other places.
Jesse - was this what you wished for, or did it suck?
well, i don't know about him, but i found it interesting.
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