Re: communication question project update

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aw shucks, twarn't nuthin...

Anyway, it turns out that toads are a protected species in Washington.
Should have guessed that. Anything that moves gets protected status
around here (except humans). Darn, I was looking forward to a nice,
juicy plate of raw....

So, Nina, I've sent a passle of these critters to you. I know you'll
back me up and do you duty with those toads... heh heh heh....

Patrick

nina jones wrote:
> 
> well, today i talked to our client that had the communication project a
> couple of months ago.  to those that don't remember, we needed to get a
> project off the ground in short order to do an async file transfer from
> g/m to one of their suppliers for sequencing data.  they'd been working
> with another software vendor, and it had been going on for several
> months with no results, and g/m was threatening to take the business
> away from them.  they had to prove to g/m in about 10 days that they
> could do the project, and they were desperate.
> 
> so i put out a plea to the list for help!!
> 
> pat townsend said his software would work and we'd have the project done
> within a week or he'd eat a toad...  well, that was a challenge i
> couldn't turn down, and even though it ended up taking 8 days, the major
> reason was some missinformation from g/m.
> 
> well, they couldn't be happier!  the project is live now after g/m was
> closed for several weeks for retooling, and it's going great.
> 
> so patrick, i guess i'll let the bucket of toads i've been saving in the
> backyard go.  we done good.
> 
> nj
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