Re: drinking the koolaid WAS: Latest

I agree that adopting a new platform and/or software stack because it's
easier to make it do Task N is shortsighted and a drag on long term
progress. In my shop I see it in the MS-Windows satellite machines that are
unwanted but must be maintained. At the time it was faster to buy a turn key
solution instead of understanding the problem and solving it on the *i*. The
project was finished faster but three years later these are black boxes that
require special considerations to keep them going and rehashing of the
original goals.

On the other hand, I've also been in the situation where personnel find it
suitable to shrug their shoulders and give you a call. They are experts in
following carefully scripted procedures that require little to no thinking.
If it's been years, and they're still calling you about mundane details,
then the problem mostly likely lies with them.


On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I worked in a shop of primarily RPG
developers and determined I would introduce Java/Tomcat into the picture.
I
did it because it was easier to do web services that way, but unfortunately
for the company they now call on me anytime something with that process
changes because nobody else in-house has that knowledge.

Hope that helps to clarify my position,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
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