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- From: bwilson@gate.net (Brian Wilson)
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- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
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- Date: 11 Apr 1996 21:06:58 -0400
- Organization: Sietch Tabr
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- Before I could do anything to stop it, Andrew Koenig wrote:
-
- > > It seems that "sooner" wins out over "faster" in a growing percentage
- > > of situations these days.
- >
- > Not only that, but distressingly often "sooner" wins over "works at all."
-
- Boy, that one touches a nerve. I am sick and tired of having management
- beat ridiculously short time commitments out of the development team,
- despite their objections, and then act surprised when the project cannot
- be completed in such a short span. Rather than move methodically toward an
- agreed upon goal, business developers are too often forced to run headlong
- toward a shady, vaguely defined target only to be criticized and have
- funding cut for their efforts when they fail to hit it.
-
- It's exciting to imagine that tools like Java might make time to delivery
- shorter and simpler, but as soon as management figures that out, they'll
- start demanding even shorter timelines in which the new tools are forced
- to fail as well.
-
- Sorry if I'm venting. :)
-
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