Re: Delphi 2.0 vs. Powerbuilder 5.0

Chuck Hamilton wrote:
>
> Bryan Keller <bryan_at_seigler.com> wrote:
>
> >I loved your post, and I totally agree. Since when is doing something
> >you don't want to do so you can make more money a sign of maturity? Very
> >shallow.
>
> When you realize that you need the money more than personal
> gratification. Like when you've got a family to feed, a car to pay
> off, and a mortgage.
>

So get into the drugs/porn/arms/slavery trades - make loads of money and damn the consequences!

If you find this an unsavoury prospect, think about exactly why - because it is unsavoury to *you* (there are plenty of people involved in these trades so it _must_ be a personal decision). Then think about what you are telling people who have a little faith in their own convictions on this matter: That you are right absolutely, and we are all being childish?

I repeat - think again about what it is you are saying!

> Actually, I think the original point was more along the line of a
> stubborn child saying:
>
> "If you don't let me have things my way, I'll..."
> (a) "hold my breath till I turn blue".
> (b) "throw a temper tantrum"
> (c) "take my ball and go home"
> (d) insert your favorite childish action here

It had nothing to do with these obvisouly childish resposnes. It was precisely along the lines of:

 "If a change is forced onto me that I do not wish to make, "  "I will leave."

This was not expressed as a threat, simply as a statement of fact. People such as yourselves consider this childish when compared to:

 "If you wish to make me do something I do not want to do, just pay"  "me enough money and I'll shut up, no matter."

 Jolyon Smith                        |  These views are my own and not
 Application Development Consultant  |  necessarily representative of
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