Why should I bother?
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honey the codewitch wrote:
If big companies like MS are pushing user expectations downward in terms of software quality, it makes me wonder.
Versus who? Versus when?
honey the codewitch wrote:
why do I care if my code works, if Microsoft doesn't?
One reason for that is that companies like that exist to make money. Not code. And in the modern era that is even stressed more as there are more measurable factors that one can see to know if a company is making money. Not to mention growth, return on investment, etc. Just because a developer wants to eliminate a single error that occurs in one million successful transactions it doesn't mean it is cost effective (money) to allow them to spend 2 weeks or 6 months to do so.
jschell wrote:
Versus who?
How about... Microsoft?
jschell wrote:
Versus when?
Microsoft's mail client dies inside about every other time my computer suspends itself. Their windows task bar gets confused and starts stacking task icons almost completely on top of each other, etc.
Perhaps compared to when windows and outlook didn't do those things? Just for example.
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Reminds me of a big company that called me about a network issue and wanted me to come to their office. I went to the office and the receptionist said I couldn't go in, since I wasn't wearing a tie. So I left. A few hours later I got a call asking why I didb't show up, so I explained about the receptionist and made an appointment for the next day and explained, if I make two trips and have to wear an uncomfortable tie, my rate is double."Perhaps you can find someone with a tie a lot cheaper, but I was under the impression that you needed a problem solved, not a tie. So I went back, wearing a tie with my tee shirt and shorts, fixed the problem and billed for two trips and time at double my normalrate CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Rejected for not wearing a tie? :wtf: Some people/companies have their priorities completely backwards... I've never worn a tie in my life.
Dr.Walt Fair, PE wrote:
went back, wearing a tie with my tee shirt and shorts, fixed the problem and billed for two trips and time at double my normalrate
That'll show 'em :laugh:
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trønderen wrote:
'properly dressed', white shirt and tie.
If I'm told there's some sort of dress code, I always ask at what time the Queen of England is scheduled to arrive, so I can plan to be done and long gone by then. If that's a problem, I'm okay telling these people this is not the place for me. I've never had a job where I was hired to make a fashion statement. I'm holding back even less the older I get. I have no time for such BS.
You'll need to update that to the King, now, of course :-D OOI, why refer to the King/Queen of England? The monarch is monarch of The United Kingdom and commonwealth realms, not just England. The last person who was literally "Queen of England" (only) was Queen Anne in 1707, when the act of union occurred. I know, it's utter tosh, but nonetheless it always interests me why (particularly, but not only) North Americans refer to the King/Queen of England.
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You'll need to update that to the King, now, of course :-D OOI, why refer to the King/Queen of England? The monarch is monarch of The United Kingdom and commonwealth realms, not just England. The last person who was literally "Queen of England" (only) was Queen Anne in 1707, when the act of union occurred. I know, it's utter tosh, but nonetheless it always interests me why (particularly, but not only) North Americans refer to the King/Queen of England.
I was fully aware of everything you mentioned at the time I posted it, especially the bit about the Queen / King of England, who clearly rather represent the entire Commonwealth. It's just shorter, maybe...? Wasn't the Queen's full title something like 3 pages long?
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I was fully aware of everything you mentioned at the time I posted it, especially the bit about the Queen / King of England, who clearly rather represent the entire Commonwealth. It's just shorter, maybe...? Wasn't the Queen's full title something like 3 pages long?
dandy72 wrote:
Wasn't the Queen's full title something like 3 pages long?
Quite possibly. As I said, it's all tosh. But it strikes me as analogous to referring to the President of Idaho or the Prime Minister of Saskatchewan. Technically true, but it would grate for "natives".
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dandy72 wrote:
Wasn't the Queen's full title something like 3 pages long?
Quite possibly. As I said, it's all tosh. But it strikes me as analogous to referring to the President of Idaho or the Prime Minister of Saskatchewan. Technically true, but it would grate for "natives".
