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Date: Sat,  1 Apr 2006 01:42:00 +1100
From: "Bruce Ellis" <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] new compilers
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when a clueless marketing manager is given a checklist
from a clueless potential client then horrible things can and
will happen.  we've seen it.

brucee

On 4/1/06, Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net> wrote:
> > That hurts when you are working on "xml, java, arpcs, ...".
>
> if they're working with that lot, they must indeed be used to pain.
> you can reassure them that files don't bite.
>
> it's a little strange, along the lines of the story about the man being
> shown in early unix days how to create a file, who couldn't at first unde=
rstand
> how the computer could be able to create a file with
>        cp this that
> without specifying LRECL, BLKSIZE, VOLUME, SPACE, etc etc.
>
>