RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Holden Tommy" <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder if programmers participating on the list during business hours
impact the bottom line?? 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+tommy.holden=hcahealthcare.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:05 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

Cool. I do believe that a development server is the answer to minimizing
the 
programmer impact on the business.

I also strongly believe that a disciplined approach to IT will ~always~
be 
faster in the long run...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


> Trevor,
>
> I am on a development server so maybe we have been knocking heads for
> nothing.
>
> > This means you are using system resources to cater for your
undisciplined
> programming approach.....That to me is a lack of commitment to the
bottom
> line of the BUSINESS.
>
> I prefer to think of it as using my company's time wisely :-)  If I
can 
> bill
> out a couple more hours a week because of productivity gains I say I
am
> heading in the right direction.  If I WAS on a prod I can see your
concern
> over having a whole bunch of crazy pgmrs holding up order taking or 
> customer
> service reps.
>
> Glad we fleshed that out,
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com