RE: Standards and Egos (was RE: ILE Propoganda)

Oh please, Chris.  Now you're arguing for the sake of making noise.  It was
your rant on standards that started the major discussion on standards.
Search for archives for the word "ego" and you'll find your own post.

First post: http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200106/msg00507.html
Then: http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200106/msg00509.html

It's amazing we so soon forget.  Now let's just drop it.  

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rehm [mailto:javadisciple@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 10:09 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Standards and Egos (was RE: ILE Propoganda)
> 
> 
> Bunk. I did not start this thread. Please note the thread 
> Subject. Please
> view the discussion history.
> 
> I didn't make this up to make my point, this thread was a 
> discussion of
> programming standards which issued from a post concerning the 
> migration to
> ILE from RPG IV.
> 
> If the thread had been a discussion of programming tools, suppose the
> original topic had been "Code 400 Propaganda", then your 
> comments might have
> fit in.
> 
> Certainly the word standards might mean "100 different things to 100
> different people" but maybe those people should try to put it 
> in the context
> of the discussion they are in. Or, once they discover that 
> they have made a
> mistake in that area, they should gracefully admit their 
> error rather than
> trying to blame it on the others in the discussion.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:21 AM
> Subject: RE: Standards and Egos (was RE: ILE Propoganda)
> 
> 
> > Chris,
> >
> > > > And we're back to square one.  Why should a construction
> > > worker not use a
> > > > compound miter box because the rest of his team decided 
> it was not a
> > > > standard tool to use?  Should he be made to always use a
> > > circular saw?
> > > >
> > > > No.
> > >
> > > Totally inappropriate simily. We are not discussing corporate
> > > rules against
> > > using SEU or Code/400. We are talking about corporate
> > > standards about _what
> > > you do_ with those tools.
> > >
> >
> > Then be sure to state the clearly when you start a thread, 
> not in the
> middle
> > of one to prove your point.
> >
> > Just saying "standards" means 100 different things to 100 different
> people.
> >
> > Brad
> 
> Chris Rehm
> javadisciple@earthlink.net
> If you believe that the best technology wins the
> marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
> 
> 
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