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Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ?
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:53:16 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:04:49 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
> wrote:
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> > Well, I like to get paid, so if I can do it, I give the people
> > paying me what they want. If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't
> > agree to the job in the first place.
>
> Are yopu saying that _all_ factors in a job are klnown to you
> beforehand? I submit that it's damn hard to know, in advance, whether
> or not your boss is a prick.. but that aside.
No, not all factors. But having an ISP that wants to market its
service to a population that sees full-color graphics, snazzy
websites, etc from the competition expect you to make something
similar for them doesn't qualify as being a prick, does it? They're
paying me pretty good money to do a job and they want it done the
way they think will do them the most good.
I'm not a marketing guru, but I know that even as someone who KNOWS
substance is more important than form, I sometimes find myself
thinking, "mmmm.... this is just plain ugly - what an amatuerish
job."
> > Reminds me of a talk I had with a buddy who scoffed at me learning
> > some VB/Access stuff to work on a project of my own (database-type
>
> I'm sorry, did I sound scoffing? I didn't intend to be. If you like
> doing things the Microsoft way, well, sure, more power to you. I'm not
> entirely MS-free myself..
No, I think you saved your scoffing for the other thread where you
told me I wasn't smart enough to interpret your smartass remarks.
My buddy was the one doing the scoffing. You just reminded me of
him, not necessarily that you were scoffing in the same manner, or
even scoffing at all.
> > program for students studying Latin vocab and teachers wanting to do
>
> Marcus et Cornelia ambulant in horto. Subito, Cornelia clamat: "Marce!
> Marce! Serpentem video!"...
Marcus and Cornelia were walking in the garden. Suddenly, Cornelia
cried: "Marcus! Marcus! I see a snake!"
> > drills/quizzes/tests) when I could "easily do it in Perl and if I
> > wanted a GUI I could use Tck (or something)". Only problem is, I
>
> Blah. I bet those teachers had a real _lot_ of linux boxen around, and
> a few experienced unix admins, right?[2]
Exactly. Although he meant that I could do it in Perl and run it on
a Win32 machine (and presumably on a Mac, I guess).
> You have someone you can call at weird hours in the night for Access
> problems? Cool.
Access AND VB problems. Sure, one of my good friends and coworkers.
We take care of each other, and we both don't sleep much, so why
not?
> Until, of course, the court judgement comes in. Personally, I'd start
> hedging my bets now rather than later. I don't see MS existing as the
> market force it is now, say, 5 or 10 years from now.
I hear you. That's why I'm actively pursuing another interest at UT
- networking. I plan to be CCNA by the first of the year as well,
and I've already become the main contact between my group and the
main networking group, with more Cisco training to come.
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