[pmmail-list] OS/2 PMMail issues

[Lueko Willms]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 05:45:51 -0500 (EST), Gregory L. Marx wrote:

> PMView is his baby ... from the ground-up ...
> PMMail was Bob and Ike's ... So he's working on totally unfamiliar code ...
> 
> And from what I hear that's a VERY differcult situation ... working on someone elses code ...

  Sigh ... I know from my own experience... 

  The NIH(*) syndrome also comes into the picture 

Yours, 
Lüko Willms 
Frankfurt/Main 
/ Lueko.Willms@T-Online.de 


(*) NIH {adj} [Abbreviation for Not Invented Here.] Pertaining to a
much respected and widely practiced branch of design philosophy,
unique among philosophical "schools" in that, by definition, the
adherants refuse to talk to one another. Motivated by a fanatical
hatred of plagiarism, NIH followers selflessly limit the domain of
their responsibilities to their own humble artifacts. {see also
WHEEL}. 

....

WHEEL {n}.  A device with so many conflicting applications that each
user must reinvent it to ensure satisfaction. 

....

  Both dictionary entries from: 

  "The Devils DP Dictionary", by Stan Kelly Bootle; New York etc,
McGraw-Hill, 1981



  

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