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  • Subject: Re: PDM/SEU
  • From: dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)
  • Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:45:48 -0400

Dean,

> Try hiring someone with _EVERYTHING_, like you suggest, and see how well you 
>can afford them.  Every shop is different, thus the tools are different.  

If I hire a carpenter, I expect him to have a collection of power
tools for the most common tasks.  I'd really question the efficiency
of one who only used hand saws and 16oz hammers to frame a house.

A programmer's editor and design layout tool are kinda like a framer's
circular saw and pneumatic nailer.   They are so fundamental to basic
tasks that there is no question about whether they should be in the
toolbox.

Now let's say the framer works even faster with a set of stand rollers
and a power mitre box instead of just a circular saw.  But he didn't
bring his because I said I had a circular saw at the job site.  Would
that make any sense?

Likewise, I was questioning why a consultant/contract programmer
wouldn't want to just take along to the job site his own power mitre
box, so to speak, if that is what he preferred and used in his own
workshop.

A couple of posts have indicated that licensing is one reason -- I
plead ignorance on the part of CODE's license structure.  

Doug
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