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Post #196,554 by broomberg 2/27/05 5:27:59 PM Reply	Not a chance I will not get into the situation where I would allow him to cause me that much effort. From a corp perspective: He reports to a manager who reports to a VP who reports to the CTO. I report to the CTO. His task is to support whatever the hell I want him to, or to give a GOOD reason not to.
Post #196,567 by drewk 2/27/05 6:47:14 PM Reply	But he's got a good reason He doesn't know how to do that. He'd have to learn something, and not just what menu to look on: actually learn it. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

Job language choices - (broomberg) - (31) - Feb. 24, 2005, 11:36:16 AM EST

You should be using control tables. - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:09:26 PM EST

Surely you meant to say "SmallTalk"? -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:33:33 PM EST

you mean Smalltalk? -NT - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 26, 2005, 11:22:00 PM EST

typical DBA response - (boxley) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:11:12 PM EST

Yeah, that calls for choice language. -NT - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:13:06 PM EST

Someone else should carefully take him aside... - (ben_tilly) - (15) - Feb. 24, 2005, 01:17:58 PM EST

Won't happen - (broomberg) - (14) - Feb. 24, 2005, 01:42:10 PM EST

Difference between can and should - (JayMehaffey) - Feb. 24, 2005, 02:42:58 PM EST

Got it - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 24, 2005, 02:48:02 PM EST

of course there is always room for sql queries - (boxley) - (3) - Feb. 24, 2005, 03:07:16 PM EST

C w/ nested SQL - (broomberg) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2005, 03:33:26 PM EST

Well there's the problem - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2005, 05:12:05 PM EST

He has Perl people - (broomberg) - Feb. 24, 2005, 05:34:18 PM EST

I feel your pain re command-line/shell phobia - (Meerkat) - (7) - Feb. 25, 2005, 04:38:49 PM EST

Now, I'm all weird on this. - (pwhysall) - (4) - Feb. 26, 2005, 02:34:02 AM EST

I have my Happy Hacking keyboard here at work. - (static) - (3) - March 2, 2005, 01:21:47 AM EST

No good for me. - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 2, 2005, 01:38:53 AM EST

I used a real VT320 for a while in a previous job. - (static) - (1) - March 3, 2005, 01:27:46 AM EST

Re: I used a real VT320 for a while in a previous job. - (pwhysall) - March 3, 2005, 01:41:16 AM EST

Us Old-timers report: - (Ashton) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2005, 04:27:20 AM EST

Ctrl-= - subscript Ctrl-+ - superscript - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 28, 2005, 09:22:03 AM EST

<Pssst.> - (Another Scott) - Feb. 24, 2005, 06:24:09 PM EST

Who does have the responsibility to pick language? - (tablizer) - (2) - Feb. 27, 2005, 03:40:23 PM EST

Not a chance - (broomberg) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2005, 05:27:59 PM EST

But he's *got* a good reason - (drewk) - Feb. 27, 2005, 06:47:14 PM EST

After reading the whole thread.... - (gdaustin) - (5) - March 12, 2005, 12:31:16 PM EST

There is no THEY - (broomberg) - (4) - March 12, 2005, 01:34:37 PM EST

Ugh. -NT - (imric) - March 12, 2005, 02:33:00 PM EST

ya dinna cluster unless directed to do so explicitly -NT - (boxley) - March 12, 2005, 05:44:40 PM EST

Yes there is... - (gdaustin) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 06:17:48 PM EST

You have to remeber how we are organised - (broomberg) - March 12, 2005, 11:52:25 PM EST

There are 178 parent languages on our planet, with over 1000 dialects. It's amazing we communicate at all.
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