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Old 30th-September-2005, 12:07 PM   #15 (permalink)
David Bailey
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Re: Tecchie Help Needed!

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Originally Posted by David Franklin
I think it was the bit that said "you must obey all my commands" that I must have missed. Who died and made you cult-leader anyway?
What, you didn't get the memo?

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Personally I'm of the "tell them it's a dumb question, or try to find a sensible answer" school of thought, rather than the "it's a dumb question, it deserves a dumb answer", especially when said dumb answer usually bites you a year later when they say "YOU told us it works on any J2EE platform".
Well, maybe - but it's assuming you can reason with your boss. TT already implied her bosses weren't exactly sensible that way, but I could have misinterpreted it. Certainly, explaining to my boss that he's asking for a dumb thing always goes well for me

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especially when said dumb answer usually bites you a year later when they say "YOU told us it works on any J2EE platform".
Nah - you just say in your report "Sun say it works anywhere, but I recommend platform-specific testing". Elementary cover-your-ass technique...
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