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- From: d83@hol.gr (Don Schullian)
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- Subject: Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:19:13 GMT
- Organization: Hellas On Line
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- furguson@bln.sel.alcatel.de (Marc Furguson) wrote:
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- <snipping noises abound>
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- >I have noticed that there seems to be a free interchange of the words
- >"end-user" and customer. In my experience a lot of the problems come
- >from the end-user not actually being the customer ie. the user is
- >required to use the software by his/her employer etc.
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- A good point! In fact, a GREAT point! It brings to mind what IBM did
- for years; they sold clunky machines to "the boss" and totally
- disregarded the "end-user". Look where that got them:)
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