Re: (PM) Mailing list devalued

Chris Adams (cadams@ro.com)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:16:18 -0500 (CDT)

Once upon a time, Rick Smith wrote
> On 19 Jun 1998, Chris Adams wrote:
> > According to Mark Peugeot <mark@ptw.com>:
> > >That's all fine and dandy... now tell that to lucent's marketing department.
> > >We (the ISP's) did not announce support for V.90 before lucent did, The
> > >blame for this whole mess belongs totally on lucent.
> >
> > No, the blame goes to the noisy ISPs that insisted on getting a date.
> > They got a date, and then it didn't hold up. Now they are again
> > insisting on a date. They also want someone to give them regular
> > updates. That would take additional time away from code development.
> > Sure, I'd like to know what's going on, but I'd rather they work on the
> > code, not tell me about what they are doing.
>
> Come on. Lucent's got thousands of programmers they could throw
> at something like this. There's a LOT of political mess, I hear,
> and that's what's actually holding things up.

How many of them work for Lucent RABU? Have you ever read "The Mythical
Man Month"? You should. Throwing "thousands of programmers" at a
project that is behind schedule will only make the problems worse.
Also, you think all of those "thousands of programmers" know the PM3
inside and out or know how to program modem code on Lucent DSPs?

> As far as being "noisy", we're just insisting on getting the options
> we've been promised and we're paying for. What're you doing besides
> losing time, customers and money ?

I'm not losing time, customers, or money over this. We explained
patiently the situation as we see it, and our customers have thanked us
for explaining it. I'm tired of seeing people on this list demanding a
date and then getting mad when that date is not met. That is not
realistic.

-- 
Chris Adams - cadams@ro.com
System Administrator - Renaissance Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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