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  • E Erick Sgarbi

    In the same year when IBM purchased Rational they fire around 380 developers [^]. Where is the love, compassion or decency :mad:? Go figure? Erick :rose:

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    Shog9 0
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    If they are the developers that were responsible for Rational Robot (TeamTest), then i've precious little love or compassion for them myself.

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      If they are the developers that were responsible for Rational Robot (TeamTest), then i've precious little love or compassion for them myself.

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      nightdrivin'withoutheadlights...

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      Erick Sgarbi
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      Sometimes great developers can be part of hopeless teams or be under the direction of very incompetent project managers and architects.

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      • E Erick Sgarbi

        Sometimes great developers can be part of hopeless teams or be under the direction of very incompetent project managers and architects.

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        Then now they're free to be great developers on great projects. Alternately, i can hope it was the project managers and architects who got axed. Don't get me wrong - i certainly don't wish to see these people left destitute on the street, or unable to provide for their families. I just think they should find ways of living more in tune with their abilities... sweeping floors and such.

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        • E Erick Sgarbi

          In the same year when IBM purchased Rational they fire around 380 developers [^]. Where is the love, compassion or decency :mad:? Go figure? Erick :rose:

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          Tom Archer
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          If anyone owes anyone anything, then it's the guys that sold Rational - not the people buying the company. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
          Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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          • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

            In business and war, there is no love, compassion and decency. Only profit/victory. -- Take me through the treshold of pain, and hi-tech sex.

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            Joey Bloggs
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            Even in war there is often love, compassion and decency. It is only business that seems to have lost the plot! :sigh:

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            • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

              In business and war, there is no love, compassion and decency. Only profit/victory. -- Take me through the treshold of pain, and hi-tech sex.

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              l a u r e n
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              alls fair in love and war ... except in love theres no geneva convention
              maybe not in bizness either


              "there is no spoon"
              biz stuff   about me

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              • T Tom Archer

                If anyone owes anyone anything, then it's the guys that sold Rational - not the people buying the company. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
                Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                Erick Sgarbi
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                Tom Archer wrote: If anyone owes anyone anything, then it's the guys that sold Rational - not the people buying the company. Well said!!;) Cheers, Erick

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                  If anyone owes anyone anything, then it's the guys that sold Rational - not the people buying the company. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
                  Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                  Jerry Hammond
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                  Tom Archer wrote: If anyone owes anyone anything, then it's the guys that sold Rational - not the people buying the company. Exactly!

                  The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little past them into the impossible.--Arthur C. Clark

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                  • J Joey Bloggs

                    Even in war there is often love, compassion and decency. It is only business that seems to have lost the plot! :sigh:

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                    In war love, compassion, and decency are often necessary. In business, I only miss decency. Love and compassion do not belong. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                    • L l a u r e n

                      alls fair in love and war ... except in love theres no geneva convention
                      maybe not in bizness either


                      "there is no spoon"
                      biz stuff   about me

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                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                      l a u r e n wrote: except in love theres no geneva convention Luckily, there are good divorce lawyers.. :rolleyes: -- Take me through the treshold of pain, and hi-tech sex.

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                      • E Erick Sgarbi

                        In the same year when IBM purchased Rational they fire around 380 developers [^]. Where is the love, compassion or decency :mad:? Go figure? Erick :rose:

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                        Why 360? To make a complete turn around? norm

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                          Why 360? To make a complete turn around? norm

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                          Corinna John
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                          Maybe they tried to turn around business situation from crisis to boom. But for a turn around, 180 are enough. After 360, they stumbled on in the same direction as before... "Today we are standing at the edge of an abyss. But - I promise - tomorrow we'll take a great step ahead!"

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                          • T Tom Archer

                            If anyone owes anyone anything, then it's the guys that sold Rational - not the people buying the company. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
                            Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                            Brian Delahunty
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                            Here Here! Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com[^] IE 6 required.
                            MFC.NET Application Wizard[^] Mix .NET and MFC easily.

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                              Why 360? To make a complete turn around? norm

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                              Chris Meech
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                              The company that made the most famous mainframe computer. The IBM 360. Need I say more.;P Chris Meech If you spin a Chinese person around, do they become dis-oriented? Why do people in this time period worry so much about time traveler's destroying their worldline when they have no problem doing it themselves every day? John Titor.

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