Quote #73
"What's taking so long? It's only typing!"
-- a marketing manager posing as a software manager
(.sig of rlm@helen.surfcty.com (Robert L. McMillin))
"What's taking so long? It's only typing!"
-- a marketing manager posing as a software manager
(.sig of rlm@helen.surfcty.com (Robert L. McMillin))
Related:
- Don't break it if you can't fix it.
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Marketing... - Marketing is a fashionable term. The sales manager becomes a marketing
vice-president.
But a grave digger is still a grave digger even when... - A programmer from a very large computer company went to a software
conference and then returned to report to his manager,
saying: "What sort of programmers work for other companies... - stealth manager n.
[Corporate DP] A manager that appears
out of nowhere,
promises undeliverable software to unknown end users... - What's the difference between the window manager and the computer club
window manager?
Well, one's supported software and the other isn't... - A programmer from a very large computer company went to a software
conference and then returned to report to his manager,
saying: "What sort of programmers work for other companies... - It is hard to change when something has been good for you
for so long.
Thomas Booker, IBM Sales Manager, addressing... - manager in the
cable... - PMS: Presentation Manager
Syndrome...
From the same category:
- Quote #243
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
Richard Chevenix Trench (1807... - Quote #673
We flew down weekly to meet with IBM,
but they thought the way to measure software was... - Quote #124
`Do not use procedures; they are expensive'.
from IBM's PL/I (F) documentation, circa... - Quote #137
"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10,
with more expected" -- UNIX Prg Man, 2nd ed, June... - Quote #16
"Then again, e=mc^2 may only be a local phenomenon."
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Einstein (another quote for which i would like...
