The whole thing is silly. I remember my first job out of college, they took a dbase iii program and ported it to the VAX.
So I said, "Why the hell are we taking a dbase iii program and re-writing it in Oracle? It works fine under dBASE" "Because we can bill a lot more for Oracle programming hours". So, in this case, if the Oracle program works, what could the customer complain about? --- Mark Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Man-wai > Chang wrote: > > Until there are standard tools, you can't compare > the IT industry with > > medicine.... > > And therein lies the rub. Who's standards? Let's > have one standard view > of the world that everyone can (be forced to) agree > with. It's bad > enough in medicine where the mainstream are trying > to squeeze out things > they don't agree with. But in a "virtual" > environment where just ab out > everything is fluid, who decides what is standard? > The biggest players > would, of course. I'm sure we can trust them to > look after us... > > And how much is that going to stifle innovation? > > Mark Stanton > One small step for mankind... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
