Gee Greg, seems it was so easy you could do it in your sleep. SOOO, what is the problem? ;-)
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 11:36 am, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > What bothers me about this argument is that I believe any competent > programmer ought to be able to pick up a new language if the need > arises. (The first time I ever heard of MUMPS was in my initial job > interview!) > > Okay, to be honest learning MUMPS wasn't that easy: I was taking Greg > Kreis' MUMPS class and struggling with a homework assignment. One > night, I went home and had a dream in which I saw the source code in > front of me. I went in the next morning, typed it in and it ran > perfectly! Learning a language does involve some struggle bedfore the > "Aha!" moment comes, but it does come. > > --- steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > RE: [Hardhats-members] MDC RevivalI believe Cameron's statement about > > the VA management not being able to back off of migrating to a newer > > platform is probably very close to the truth. However, I am sure > > that there were some real business management decisions made (or at > > least I hope so). I saw an article recently that estimated that > > 40-50% of the current VA IT staff will be retiring in the next 5 > > years. If I was a manager of VA IT I would be very concerned about > > that. I would seriously consider moving my technology to a platform > > that enables me to recruit competent IT staff without having to rely > > on in-house training for the next generation of VA IT support. I > > would even consider technology that is inferior to my current > > technology as long as the new technology meets my needs and gives me > > greater flexibilty in personnel matters or provide me the opportunity > > to competitively outsource some IT functions. > > ===== > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. > --Benjamin Disraeli ==== > Greg Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
