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Subject: To wait or not to wait
Forwarded to me by a friend at Cornell University.
"Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of the patron
may govern the scheduled completion of the task, but it cannot govern the
actual completion. An omelette, promised in two minutes, may appear to be
progressing nicely. But when it has not set in two minutes, the customer
has two choices -- wait or eat it raw. Software customers have had the
same choices."
-- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr, _The Mythical Man-Month_
--
Mark H. Anbinder
BAKA Computers, Inc.
(From the "Rest" of RHF)
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