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Article #3375Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)
From: Richard Warner
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:09
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:09
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wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes:
>In article <1993Jan8.002640.5554@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:
> <stuffs from Robert and Brian deleted>
>Based on the impression, I believe that he should have be going through
>a very long period of frustration dealing with IBM. Jeff is right.
>The most urgent thing is to encourage IBM to do anything legal to
>bring Robert back if IBM does want the support of developers. Note
>that the single event occurring to Robert may be very serious to IBM's
>image. We may blame Robert for being naive when dealing with some
>guy in IBM without writing anything down. The fact is, how could you
>expect a software developer to know everything about the future trouble.
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In this case he was more than a developer, he was an independent
businessperson. One of the first things taught in business schools is
that everything should be put in writing. This was HIS failure, not
IBM's. Without a written agreement, he has no leg to stand on.
>Wen-Chun Ni, wcn@cs.brown.edu (401) 863-7669
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> I do more after 2 a.m. than most people do all day.
> - from a T-shirt given by a friend.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!gossip.pyramid.com!pyramid!octopus!sjsumcs!rick From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long) Message-ID: <1993Jan8.160909.16042@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> Date: 8 Jan 93 16:09:09 GMT References: <1ii7alINNon4@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu> <1993Jan7.220154.446@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1993Jan8.002640.5554@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> <1993Jan8.031151.9438@cs.brown.edu> Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept. Lines: 25