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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo) Subject: Re: The Impossible Project: not so funny... (Was: what's wrong) Date: 1996/12/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 205194013 sender: milod@netcom16.netcom.com references: <32A5A86A.1AF1@shef.ac.uk> <32A82932.4A73@mci.com> <1996Dec7.151850.877@prim.demon.co.uk> <32AA978F.7D64@deep.net> <58v04c$r9l@bagan.srce.hr> <32BACA2C.A4C@dave-world.net> organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tim Ottinger 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 ================================================================ John DiCamillo Fiery the Angels Fell milod@netcom.com Deep thunder rode around their shores