Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?

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From: Joseph Christie
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:28

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NoOne@Home.com (Programmer) wrote:

>Whoever started this thread has never written a publicly released
>program. Of course one can write a program without "SEEING" the end
>user. But without user feedback, the program will most likely fail.
>Feedback may consist of phone conversations, email, snail mail, etc.
>
>Programmer.
>
>
Actually, since this is a "consultants" news group and not a "software
authors" newsgroup, the person who started this thread was probably talking
about writing a specific program for a client for compensation and not about
writing a program for someone else to shrinkwrap and sell retail. 

I could be wrong but context seems to indicate otherwise.



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