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Re: Order of fields in a table.

From: Marc Blum <marc_at_marcblum.de>
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:30:13 +0200
Message-ID: <hfgdgv4hgmir80rlkkpnksa462vqiqb65u@4ax.com>


On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 11:51:12 +0200, Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 10:20:41 +0200, Marc Blum <marc_at_marcblum.de>
>wrote:
>
>>Parallel with implementation customer has new needs (his
>>business is heavily changing) and a further release is planned, design and
>>implementation takes place, while the first release is in acceptance test...and
>>so on...and so on...
>
>
>Sounds like your customer simply doesn't know what he wants.

better: sounds like workflows, business rules etc. are continually evolving and changing. Nothing's carved in stone. And our customers ought to do their jobs (supported by appropriate software systems) *today* and not *next year*.

> Nothing
>unusual though, but we all know of 'design' processes in companies
>like Mickeysoft (they 'build' Winblows *every* day, because they don't
>have any control of the development process) and Oracle Apps, where it
>is simply raining patches.

be assured: we have a very good control of our development process. We're responding to the needs of our customers. They pay us for:

not for keeping the holy grail of technology.

>Is that a world you indulge in being in?

I would always prefer to work in an enviroment which seems to be a little bit strange to me. Everything else bores to death.

;-)



Marc Blum
mailto:marc_at_marcblum.de
http://www.marcblum.de Received on Sat Jul 05 2003 - 07:30:13 CDT

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