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- From: bollerud@oslonett.no (Svein Olav Mytting)
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- Subject: Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 20:19:34 +0200
- Organization: Bollerud Data, Europe
- Message-ID: <VsSSnOggyznL071yn@oslonett.no>
- References: <4j2qon$3f3@nntp1.best.com> <4j4cel$out@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <Pine.OSF.3.91a.960326020136.11952K-100000@christa.unh.edu> <316C47B1.EB9@gate.net> <4knc45$fb2@news.bdsnet.com> <316ff4c4.3923732@news2.new-york.net>
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- In article <316ff4c4.3923732@news2.new-york.net>,
- christij@unix.asb.com (Joseph Christie) wrote:
- > NoOne@Home.com (Programmer) wrote:
- >
- > >Whoever started this thread has never written a publicly released
- > >program. Of course one can write a program without "SEEING" the end
- > >user. But without user feedback, the program will most likely fail.
- > >Feedback may consist of phone conversations, email, snail mail, etc.
- > >
- > >Programmer.
- > >
- > >
- > Actually, since this is a "consultants" news group and not a "software
- > authors" newsgroup, the person who started this thread was probably talking
- > about writing a specific program for a client for compensation and not about
- > writing a program for someone else to shrinkwrap and sell retail.
- >
- > I could be wrong but context seems to indicate otherwise.
-
- I started it, and it is crossposted through several groups.
- I intended to start a discussion on possibilities of telework and virtual
- organization in the software business, specifically when it comes to
- non-shrinkwrapped programs and physical relationship programmer/end user.
- The original question was rather unclear, I am afraid, but a whole
- lot of nice pieces of wisdom have been shared.
-
- [Svein Olav Mytting, Sand, N-3075 Berger, Norway. E-mail: bollerud@sn.no]
-