As my English is not my mother's tongue, even though I do speak it pretty
good, what is the meaning of "pointy haired bosses"?
I think I can understand it, but hey, I want to know if these are the kinds
of bosses I encountered too often..

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On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Jonathan Locke <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> honestly, your response is too thoughtful. these pointy haired bosses are
> self-serving. they don't care about training costs or developer pain and
> they don't really care if their org runs efficiently.  what they care about
> is that if there is a failure, their choice didn't cause it.  which is why
> the old saying goes "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."  same seems to
> go for struts.  an idiotic technology choice, but you won't get fired for
> making the same idiotic choice everyone else is making.
>
>
> Loritsch, Berin C. wrote:
> >
> > "But why choose an inferior technology just because of its adoption
> > numbers?"
> >
> > The pointy haired bosses that do this believe in their heart of hearts
> > that if you choose the same technology everyone else is using that they
> > can turn thinking developers for mindless drones.  It has more to do
> > with avoiding training costs and rational thought, and more to do with
> > trying to turn software development into an assembly line process.
> > Reality never fits this mold, but it doesn't stop the pointy haired boss
> > from trying.  In this respect they are eternal optimists.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 4:09 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Help with Wicket Adoption Numbers
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We also had the same consideration when we chose Wicket. But why choose
> > an
> > inferior technology just because of it's Adoption Numbers? Also, Wicket
> > is
> > becoming more and more popular as people see the light :)
> >
> > Check out Jobs Trends (Relative Growth) here (JSF vs Struts vs Wicket):
> > http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Struts%2C+JSF%2C+Wicket&l=&relative=1
> >
> > We have a couple of hundred customers and so far the feedback is great
> > both from our Developers and our Software Architects. Customers like
> > that
> > the GUIs are faster due to the simplicity of Ajax Adoption in Wicket.
> >
> > I also know that several large privately held companies in Sweden are
> > using Wicket, as well as large Government Agencies (e.g. the Swedish
> > Immigration Office).
> >
> >
> > Sincerely yours
> > Leo Erlandsson
> >
> >
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