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| DATE | 2003-07-21 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] School Technology
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My two cents, Mike, your a little short of experience in this area.
Ruben
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:19:18AM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
> My 2cents. We do not live in a world were there is only one way or product
> to do things. Sometimes it doesn't matter what tool is used, sometimes it
> does. As for multihulls it depends on the tool (the best I had was a
> linemen's combo hammer/pliers/wirecutter/wirestriper/pick)get a good one not
> a knockoff.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Guerin [mailto:ron-at-vnetworx.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:57 AM
> To: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
> Cc: Sunny Dubey; NYLXS
> Subject: Re: [hangout] School Technology
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 08:19, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> > Despite the fact that useless flamewars occur over different technologies,
> > one can still make authoratative distictions between different tools
> > for different tasks, and this task is educating children (or young
> adults).
>
> I think one of the saddest things to happen since I was a kid is the
> demise of using the right tool_s_. The idea that something should be
> this _or_ that is limited thinking, advanced by those who're more
> interested in squeezing their developer's salaries than in generating
> revenue.
>
> When I was young and green, it was not unusual to see "jobs" that
> consisted of parts written in FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I and RPG. Many jobs
> used two or three different programming languages. Anyone who owns one
> of those "unitools" that is supposed to be good for everything knows
> they're better off with a half-dozen basic tools. The combination
> screwdriver/pliers/wirecutters/hammer generally sucks at everything and
> is good for nothing. I don't think it's all that different with code.
> Sure, you _can_ use C for everything, but it can't be a good idea.
> Substitute your favorite language for C in the last sentence, and flame
> away. ;)
>
> I strongly believe that the commoditization of developers is a bad
> thing. Bad for America, bad for business, and bad for developers. But
> that's the way things are going.
>
> - Ron
>
>
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