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On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 11:32:14 GMT, peterb@gebesse.com.au (Peter
Bowditch) sent into the ether:

>We are continually reminded of the tremendous rate of change in the computer
>business compared to other areas of human activity. This may apply in
>engineering and fabrication, but in other areas the activity seems to be driven
>by some sort of collective Alzheimer's disease, where we are condemned to forget
>everything repeatedly so that it can be invented again.
>
>Everything on the list of suggested topics has been a subject of books, seminars
>and tearoom discussions for at least 25 years, and most even longer than that.

The constant newness of the tools in the software marketplace
convinces everyone, even the smartest and supposedly most astute
pundits, that everything is new, all past experience is invalidated,
and that all assumptions have to be re-validated.  The "Alzheimer's
view" is due to the high burnout rate of the field and the constant
inflow of young'uns who think that they are smarter, better, and more
clever than any of the cretins and idiots (like me or you) who worked
with punch cards and mainframes 20-30 years ago.

Foolish and tedious, isn't it?

- Don


Donald L. Wallace - donaldw@NOSPAMsuper.zippo.com
Independent Consultant in Windows application development. 
Delphi, C++, Visual Basic. Apps, custom controls, etc.