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From: on 23 Apr 2006 18:22 In article <AtQ2g.71707$1q4.48494(a)bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, Arnold Trembley <arnold.trembley(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > >Michael Mattias wrote: > >> (snip) >> As Pete says, 'tools is tools.' If you understand fundamentals, your skills >> are portable, even though you may have to do a 'sales' job to convince >> prospects of this. [snip] >A few years ago, they spent quite a bit of >time recruiting a very experienced programmer for a critical project. > On his first day, he learned that the standard editor he would be >using was vi. He quit on the spot. It may be, Mr Trembley, that he did not know that 'tools is tools'... but he seems to have known how portable his skills were. DD
From: Pete Dashwood on 23 Apr 2006 19:33 "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:1145809573.825292.117000(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > Pete Dashwood wrote: >> <docdwarf(a)panix.com> wrote in message >> news:e2ehob$23h$1(a)reader1.panix.com... >> > In article <1145703087.314305.185440(a)u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>, >> > sunny <sachingupta1981(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ROSCOE is endearingly simple and fun to write. >> >> A year or so later we had to move to TSO and everybody was sorry as >> ROSCOE >> served us well. >> >> > >> > Kind of makes me wonder >> > >> > A) How someone managed to sell a team for a ROSCOE-based project which >> > has >> > no ROSCOE experience. >> > >> >> ROSCOE is trivial. >> >> > B) How someone managed to buy a team for a ROSCOE-based project which >> > has >> > no ROSCOE experience. >> > >> >> ROSCOE is trivial. >> >> >>We have worked >> >>extensively on TSO. >> > >> >> Most folks with that background will learn ROSCOE in a day by reading the >> Reference card and looking at a few Procedures. >> > > Will you be including a chapter in your book advising the hiring of > people with unrelated skillsets as a cheap alternative? > So good you said it twice, huh :-)? The book, as mentioned elsewhere, is a work in progress. (One of several as it happens...) What will or will not be in it only time will tell. Pete. >
From: Alistair on 24 Apr 2006 17:10 Pete Dashwood wrote: > "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1145809573.825292.117000(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > > Pete Dashwood wrote: > >> > > > > Will you be including a chapter in your book advising the hiring of > > people with unrelated skillsets as a cheap alternative? > > > > So good you said it twice, huh :-)? Sticky fingers. > > The book, as mentioned elsewhere, is a work in progress. (One of several as > it happens...) What will or will not be in it only time will tell. > > Pete. > > Go on PD, give us a synopsis, please...
From: Pete Dashwood on 24 Apr 2006 20:45 "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:1145913052.303951.276720(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > Pete Dashwood wrote: >> "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:1145809573.825292.117000(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> > >> > Pete Dashwood wrote: >> >> >> > >> > Will you be including a chapter in your book advising the hiring of >> > people with unrelated skillsets as a cheap alternative? >> > >> >> So good you said it twice, huh :-)? > > Sticky fingers. > >> >> The book, as mentioned elsewhere, is a work in progress. (One of several >> as >> it happens...) What will or will not be in it only time will tell. >> >> Pete. >> > > > Go on PD, give us a synopsis, please... > No, sorry, I'm not being coy :-) It is flexible and changes. When it is stable, I'll let you know. I keep getting ideas as I write into the outline, and that changes the outline :-) Pete. >
From: Alistair on 25 Apr 2006 09:20
Pete Dashwood wrote: > "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1145913052.303951.276720(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > > Pete Dashwood wrote: > >> "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > >> news:1145809573.825292.117000(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >> > > >> > Pete Dashwood wrote: > >> >> > >> > > >> > Will you be including a chapter in your book advising the hiring of > >> > people with unrelated skillsets as a cheap alternative? > >> > > >> > >> So good you said it twice, huh :-)? > > > > Sticky fingers. > > > >> > >> The book, as mentioned elsewhere, is a work in progress. (One of several > >> as > >> it happens...) What will or will not be in it only time will tell. > >> > >> Pete. > >> > > > > > Go on PD, give us a synopsis, please... > > > No, sorry, I'm not being coy :-) It is flexible and changes. When it is > stable, I'll let you know. I keep getting ideas as I write into the outline, > and that changes the outline :-) > > Pete. > > I always fancied a book on managing maintenance in a chaotic environment but, as you rewrite and don't maintain, I guess that chapter would be pretty slim. |