Re: inherited cobol app., can't run (xm.exe)?

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Pete Dashwood <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> > > > Hello. I agreed to take on a COBOL conversion project.
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>>> Might I asked what reasoning you used to conclude that 'yes, I can
>>> honestly and honorably say that I have the skills and experience to
>>> perform the project for which I contracted myself'?
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>Are you sure the original poster was contracted, and what bearing does it

>have on whether or not he gets help?

The original poster referred to 'the customer's' work, not 'my employer's'

or 'my boss's'... hence my conclusion.

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>Suppose there was no-one else available who would take it on?

The same thing might happen were I to suppose that there were no 
hypothetical questions.  It is rare, in my experience, for someone to say 
to a customer 'No, I do not have the skills for this' and then be told 
'Here, take my money, I don't care!'

DD