I worked for a company that would run reports at night because the IT Manager was too cheap to buy a new computer and a fast printer.
So I said, "what if the reports fail to print for some reason?". He said, "we'll just run them the next night". Nothing like having 2-day old data. --- MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Ramey wrote: > > Amen, sounds like KISS fell by the wayside in > search of the last drop of > > performance. The typical user won't even > appreciate what you've > > accomplished, especially if the result has > reliability problems -- better > > slow and sure than fast and furious. > > > > I have to laugh....I went to work for a small > company back in 2002 and > they had reports that produced wrong numbers. Their > justification to me > was "yeah, but the reports run REALLY fast!" My > response: "yeah, but > it's still WRONG!" I couldn't believe they were > trying to sell/justify > that to me! lol! > > -- > Michael J. Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software > solutions!" > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
