Re: Java Batch

"chuck" <charles.leviton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On May 5, 11:22 pm, Robert <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 May 2008 10:30:13 -0700 (PDT), Pakku <pa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>> wrote:
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> But attempts at conversions get bogged down with changed business
> specifications.  As soon as system users hear there is going to be a
> conversion they want all these new requirements to be incorporated-
> kind of like "While you are  in there making this change, why not make
> this additional teensy change as well" that most programmers know
> about!

Yeah, users are the pits... Always wanting something, never satisified.

They despise techies and don't even try to understand the basics.

They just don't seem to get it. Computer systems are there for us to
improve 
our skills. So we can go down the road and get even more money for not 
providing service.

And what's with this "It's great, but can we just have this one small 
change...?"   We sweat blood to give them what they told us they wanted
when 
we did the requirements gathering, and then when we deliver it, they want
it 
changed.

Like we should be responsive to them changing their minds. As if we had 
nothing better to do than be at their beck and call all day.

It's time they figured out who the dog is and who the tail is around here.

We can bring them to a standstill any time we want.

They don't understand the awesome responsibility we have to carry every
day. 
And all we ask is for them to be clear in what they want and be glad when
we 
deliver it, even if it is no longer relevant. Not our fault if the
business 
changes and the markets change and the technology changes and what they 
needed before isn't what they need now... THEY signed off the functional 
spec. ('Course, we wouldn't have started work if they hadn't...)

Nah, don't talk to me about users.

Bloody wimpy little cry-babies who're never satisfied...

Pathetic.

Pete.
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"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."