Mr. Leverich, if you can't say something constructive, why say
anything?
I actually considered whether to push the send or not for precisely that
reason. My mother taught me well, really. :-)
But sometime you've just gotta face the facts -- a green-screen only
environment is questionable in the first place, but ok, I can see the
need (maybe). But add to that that the client wants all the nice
features of a rich client email app, which would be trivial if the
client had PCs on the desk (Windows, Linux, Mac, who cares) but still
wants to keep the old style tubes. Just doesn't make sense, and I felt
it had to be called out. I never thought I'd find an idea sillier than
having programmers that don't have access to the internet, but I think
the idea of trying to provide a modern email client on a non-modern dumb
terminal might just take the cake.
Yes, I'm being blunt, and yes, I'm not helping the OP, at least not by
directly answering his question. But perhaps if enough of us said what
we're feeling ("what a silly requirement") then Jeff would have some
ammunition to go back to the client and fix the real problem. Of course
if Jeff doesn't like the answer he can just hit delete.
-Walden
midrange.com
