From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: Joachim Durchholz Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/09/17 Message-ID: <34201F52.A26DEC72@munich.netsurf.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 274061396 References: <5vnat7$ncf$1@news2.digex.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-09-17T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: To add my 5c of experience in customer projects: If you talk to a customer, there are three important pieces of information to get sorted out: 1) what the customers says that he wants 2) what he wants 3) what he actually needs. If you get the impression that all three match, you have either an exceedingly well-informed customer or you didn't understand all aspects of the situation. (Personally, I always assume the latter, if only to be on the safe side...) Regards, Joachim -- Please don't send unsolicited ads.