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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?
Don't worry, I'll get some badges printed for you to wear...
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Originally Posted by David Franklin 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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Originally Posted by David Franklin 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...