On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 22:43 -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 01:26:50AM +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > > I think users need to get back to learning a little. I was asked by a > > customer yesterday why Thunderbird doesn't capitalise the H in Hello > > like Outlook (Word) does. I was too speechless to suggest just typing > > properly. > > > > In fact most tools that I have seen that are designed to be operated > > with no knowledge of the subject, produce inferior output. > > Even granting this arguendo, it lets a non-techie somewhere produce > SOMETHING, in an hour, that does what he needs, without hiring you or me to > do it for him. > > So it's inefficent. So what?
Because in 6 months or a year, when the size of that quick-and-dirty DB grows bigger than expected, and becomes vital to the organization (or subset thereof), they suddenly realize that it doesn't scale and/or is full of bad data. Don't ask me to figure out HR regulations, and I won't ask you to design databases. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum." Chinese Curse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]