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On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 02:44 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote:
> obstinate refusal to open specs is the short-sightedness and general
> ignorance of daycoders and pointy-haired bosses -- all of whom think Java
> is the best programming language around because that's what "most"
> programmers use and have some vague, unsupported (but stubborn) notion
> that secrets are good for business.  At least it *seems* they all think
> so.
> 

I'm sorry, but the only image I could conjure up for a pointy-haired
boss was Bart Simpson in a suit (or Lisa as President) :D

Do you have another image in mind?