At 14:22 2009-07-15, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Michael Madigan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Exactly. If you're selling a package of
> database, word processing and spreadsheet, you
> shouldn't have to rewrite your database
> programming to work with the Word Processor and Spreadsheet every few years.
>---------------------------------------------
>
>I give up? Why should you as a vendor be forever tied to backwards
>compatibility? Is that communism coming out of your keyboard?
Is that a question?
Did we say forever? It has not really been
that long. I just recently was modifying some
VFP procedures that I had not changed in just
over ten years. Ten years really is not that long.
Excuse me, but I think that communism is
obsolete. Since you are embracing change so
tightly, you really should use a different
paradigm. Or join us. If not, please do not use
terrorists; that one is passé, too, and rather overdone.
>I find that M$, as this particular vendor who owns the products we are
>bitching about, gives ample time software companies to get familiar
>with the changes and make adjustments as needed before release of new
>product.
Microsoft breaks our code, and you are OK with that?
>Would you guess those maintenance fees companies charge are to go
>against testing these new products instead of just to your pocket?
Possibly. Now, let us ask what the benefit
is of the new software. It is possible that it
is none or insufficient for the expense. Finance
types have a concept called return on investment.
>If you call yourself a professional in this business you might as well
>act like others who do the due diligence as major players make major
>product updates.
As a professional, I feel an obligation to not drink the Kool-Aid.
>Instead the ostriches on this list just hide and hope that their
>customers won't get those NASTY new softwares. They just get in the
>way.
Oh, my. An insult. I may faint. It was
totally unexpected--No, no, no. I suppose it is
to be expected from Stephen Russell. It seems to be his (lack of) style.
No, wait! I am a ostrich. I am supposed
to stick my head in the ground, but I am on the
fourth floor of an apartment building.
Why did I have to change from dinosaur to
ostrich? This new survival pattern just is not working.
>Hey Michael you said that you first saw 2007 at a clients site?
<indignant sniff> Michael is obviously not a professional.
Is he an ostrich?
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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