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In <360@sdics.ucsd.EDU>, you write:

"I know that Scott Weiner is
not an average programmer, and unaware of the concerns of
users;"

That's the problem. Many programmers are completely ignorant,
unaware of, or simply don't care about the people who will
be using their software. Example: Where I work (no names, to
protect the innocent), there's a programmer who graduated 
cum laude in Computer Science. He's an excelent programmer.
THe prob is, the applications he's doing are for scientific 
research, and he has VERY LITTLE conception if the needs
and requirements of the people who will be using his software!

It's my belief that a programmer should have a fairly good idea
of the needs of his audience, whether he's writing a word
processor to be marketed, or whether he's writing custom,
one-shot, in-house software. ANy other way is foolishness,
and programs like MS Word suffer from this lack of vision.

Any comments?

		-Rich


Richard M. Siegel
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