XPost: alt.tv.babylon-5   
   From: NOSPAM@NOSPAM.invalid.com   
      
   On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:56:19 -0600, Mike Combs wrote:   
      
   > Sorry, I had a look, and it appears the computer I did that project on was   
   > one generation further back than I'd thought, and has been given away.   
      
   Oh well... sey lah vee   
      
   :o(   
      
      
   Bling-bling   
      
   --   
   Computers are like air conditioners -- they stop working properly if you   
   open WINDOWS   
   --   
   Microsoft repeatedly suggests that its own internal schedules reflect the   
   "truth" of the preemptive announcements its executives were making. Internal   
   records, however, amply demonstrate that such schedules did not reflect   
   reality. For instance, Windows 3.0 had shipped in May 1990 -- just as   
   Microsoft began its vaporware announcements concerning MS-DOS 5.0. The   
   "Windows 3.0 Post Mortem" contained the following remarkable admissions:   
   Schedule   
   *Set by BillG (upper management) before feature definitions are outlined.   
   *Problem motivating people to achieve "fake" ship dates.   
   *Need to be more realistic in our schedules.   
   *Lying to people on the team about schedules. Morale hit to the team.   
   *How to separate out development schedules and the schedules we give to other   
   groups (USSMD or upper management) without appearing to "lie" to the product   
   team.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)