From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo)
Subject: Re: The Impossible Project: not so funny... (Was: what's wrong)
Date: 1996/12/21
Date: 1996-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <milodE2qMpF.CGH@netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32BACA2C.A4C@dave-world.net
Tim Ottinger <tottinge@dave-world.net> writes:
>I added up all of the reasons I've seen things fall apart, and put them
>into a single nightmare scenario, to show how you can fail even with
>great, steaming wads of cash.
[loads of good funny stuff mercilessly snipped]
>You are not allowed to buy tools or libraries...
Or, my personal favorite:
You can buy all the libraries and tools you want. However, they
are all mutually incompatible and at different release numbers
on different platforms. At least one of the tools or libraries
will have a new release each month, rendering it incompatible
with anything it may have been compatible with in the past, and
introducing exciting new bugs to replace the old bugs that you
had already found work-arounds for. The bugs you couldn't find
work-arounds for will be fixed in a future release, but only on
the platform you are not using.
(Hey, this is fun! Let's do some more! :-)
You buy a source license to one of the tools so that you can fix
the bugs you couldn't work around, but now you must dedicate a
resource to keep re-fixing the bugs in each new release of the
tool, on each platform you need to support.
(Thanks for a pre-holiday chuckle, Tim!)
--
ciao,
milo
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John DiCamillo Fiery the Angels Fell
milod@netcom.com Deep thunder rode around their shores
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1996-12-03 0:00 What is wrong with OO ? Ahmed
1996-12-03 0:00 ` Fred Parker
1996-12-03 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-03 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Ahmed
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Jeff Miller
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Chris
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Ahmed
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Matthew Gream
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Harry Protoolis
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Roger T.
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Joe Winchester
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Russell Corfman
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Ahmed
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Harry Protoolis
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Ralph Cook
1996-12-07 0:00 ` Harry Protoolis
1996-12-09 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
1996-12-12 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
[not found] ` <1996Dec7.151850.877@prim.demon.co.uk>
1996-12-08 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Kazimir Majorinc
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Jeff Miller
1996-12-16 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Todd Hoff
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Patrick Ma
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Bob Kettig
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-20 0:00 ` The Impossible Project: not so funny... (Was: what's wrong) Tim Ottinger
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-21 0:00 ` John DiCamillo [this message]
1996-12-22 0:00 ` Guy Rixon
1996-12-22 0:00 ` Chip Richards
1996-12-04 0:00 ` What is wrong with OO ? Robert C. Martin
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Dr. Richard Botting
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Marnix Klooster
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-06 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-08 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Todd Hoff
1996-12-11 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1996-12-11 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1996-12-11 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-11 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Roger Vossler
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Roger Vossler
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1996-12-11 0:00 ` Todd Knarr
1996-12-11 0:00 ` Alan Meyer
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Ell
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
[not found] ` <58mubr$i <58p5ou$dkm@news3.digex.net>
1996-12-13 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1996-12-25 0:00 ` Weiqi Gao
1996-12-25 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1996-12-26 0:00 ` Bob Jarvis
1996-12-26 0:00 ` Arthur Gold
1996-12-26 0:00 ` Mike Rubenstein
[not found] ` <32aefdb0..406273038@news.nstn.ca>
1996-12-14 0:00 ` "Paul E. Bennett"
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Mukesh Prasad
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Carl Weidling
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Harry Protoolis
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-06 0:00 ` David B. Shapcott [C]
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Daniel Drasin
1996-12-06 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Todd Hoff
1996-12-07 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Todd Hoff
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Joseph W. Seda
1996-12-16 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-12-07 0:00 ` Steve Heller
1996-12-07 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-09 0:00 ` Kenneth Mays
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Patrick Ma
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Harry Protoolis
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Patrick Ma
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Caitlin
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Ralph Cook
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-27 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-27 0:00 ` Jacqueline U. Robertson
1996-12-27 0:00 ` Tore Lund
1996-12-28 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-28 0:00 ` Tore Lund
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-31 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Neville Black
1997-01-01 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Bart Samwel
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Assembler most efficient??? (was Re: What is wrong with OO ?) Richie Bielak
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-12 0:00 ` Joel VanLaven
1997-01-11 0:00 ` James S. Rogers
1997-01-13 0:00 ` Richie Bielak
1997-01-15 0:00 ` What is wrong with OO ? Richard Kenner
1997-01-11 0:00 ` Randy A. Ynchausti
1997-01-12 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-12-29 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-31 0:00 ` clovis
1997-01-10 0:00 ` Bart Samwel
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-01 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-12 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1997-01-14 0:00 ` Vos nom et pr�nom
1997-01-13 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-12-28 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-30 0:00 ` John (Max) Skaller
1996-12-29 0:00 ` Rosimildo da Silva
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Ian Joyner
1997-01-03 0:00 ` markj
1997-01-03 0:00 ` Natan
1996-12-27 0:00 ` Tore Lund
1996-12-28 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-28 0:00 ` Tore Lund
1996-12-28 0:00 ` Stephen Pendleton
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Edward de Jong
1996-12-31 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-01-01 0:00 ` Tore Lund
1997-01-01 0:00 ` Tore Lund
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Ralph Cook
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-21 0:00 ` Michael Malak
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1996-12-24 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
1996-12-26 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-26 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Karen A. Morrissey
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Bob Kettig
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-17 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-09 0:00 ` Todd Hoff
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Snowball queries
1996-12-10 0:00 ` Steve Heller
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Samuel S. Shuster
1996-12-12 0:00 ` Dr. Richard Botting
1996-12-13 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Samuel S. Shuster
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Bob Kettig
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-19 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Chris Brand
[not found] ` <01bbee11$dcae8460$ca61e426@DCorbit.solutionsiq.com>
1996-12-23 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-23 0:00 ` David Bradley
1996-12-23 0:00 ` Jeffrey C. Dege
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Jeffrey C. Dege
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-27 0:00 ` clovis
1996-12-15 0:00 ` Damon Feldman
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Steve Heller
1996-12-13 0:00 ` drush
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Risto Lankinen
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-26 0:00 ` What sells IT (was: What is wrong with OO ?) Cameron Laird
1996-12-20 0:00 ` What is wrong with OO ? Jon S Anthony
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-12-20 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1996-12-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-12-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-12-26 0:00 ` drush
1996-12-26 0:00 ` drush
1996-12-05 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Ranjan Bagchi
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Myles Williams
1996-12-06 0:00 ` Myles Williams
1996-12-07 0:00 ` Kazimir Majorinc
1996-12-14 0:00 ` Chris
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