Re: feature & performance comparison

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam>
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 13:51:36 GMT
Message-ID: <3b22283b.13720819@news-server>

On Sat, 9 Jun 2001 14:22:13 +0100, "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>
><rant>
>
>one of the things that really really pisses me off is the tendency of
>techies to attach ourselves religiously to operating
>systems,databases,programming languages,hardware platforms. Our sole role if
>we are doing our jobs is to deliver the performance that the business
>requires from the particular platform that we look after. This means "A tool
>is assessed against the job for which it will be put to use, and not on a
>feature comparison with its competitors". {Niall's first law} and also
>"every tool has its place, so don't slag it off in case you need support for
>it sometime" {Niall's corollary}.
>
></rant>
>

Amen!

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Sat Jun 09 2001 - 08:51:36 CDT