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Post #138,368
by deSitter
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1/28/04 3:07:31 PM
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New Re: Is the data really tabular?
Use your imagination. It's a fad, and he's a boss. It's arbitrary. Science Diet for PHBs.
-drl
Post #138,526
by ben_tilly
1/29/04 10:48:09 AM
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New No harm in being generous
While that is likely, it is always possible that there is something that the boss thinks of as a real reason. For instance the boss knows that another project coming down the pipeline involves lots of XML, or the person who is slated to take over maintainance may have that skillset.

No harm in asking.

Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
     XML - (broomberg) - (17) - Jan. 28, 2004, 02:23:43 PM EST
         XML - (deSitter) - Jan. 28, 2004, 02:32:21 PM EST
         You're kidding, right? - (admin) - (3) - Jan. 28, 2004, 02:35:04 PM EST
             Whaddya mean, it's a growth industry! - (deSitter) - (2) - Jan. 28, 2004, 02:39:42 PM EST
                 English as a 3rd language? - (broomberg) - (1) - Jan. 28, 2004, 05:51:50 PM EST
                     No, it's a typo. - (pwhysall) - Jan. 29, 2004, 02:38:29 AM EST
         Is the data really tabular? - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Jan. 28, 2004, 03:03:00 PM EST
             Re: Is the data really tabular? - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 28, 2004, 03:07:31 PM EST
                 No harm in being generous - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 29, 2004, 10:48:09 AM EST
         Tab-delimited text file, named [whatever].XLS - (CRConrad) - (6) - Jan. 28, 2004, 04:26:13 PM EST
             I'll have to remember that trick - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Jan. 29, 2004, 10:51:30 AM EST
                 OTOH, the on-the-fly opening isn't consistent. :-( - (CRConrad) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2004, 11:11:03 AM EST
                     My brain hurts thinking about how you know all of that... -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 29, 2004, 12:31:32 PM EST
                         ICLRPD - (Steve Lowe) - Jan. 29, 2004, 12:36:58 PM EST
                         Just a quick trial, yesterday. 5 rows typed + 8 mouse clicks -NT - (CRConrad) - Jan. 29, 2004, 01:12:09 PM EST
             ICLRPD! (new thread) - (jb4) - Feb. 11, 2004, 06:04:15 PM EST
         Thanks for the reality check - (broomberg) - Jan. 28, 2004, 05:49:41 PM EST
         is a confidence game pushed by the web designer non-techies -NT - (tuberculosis) - Jan. 29, 2004, 09:22:54 AM EST

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