Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 00:24:29 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, FreeBSD hackers list <FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org>, vak@cronyx.msk.su Subject: Re: Using seagate driver with Future Domain 950: :-( Message-ID: <15297.792318269@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Feb 95 21:47:41 EST." <Pine.3.89.9502082158.A12248-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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> so what's an accountant. sounds like a test engineer is
> required...nothing gets into the distribution tree till after testing by
> a couple of people. including some serious hammering on the code.
Let me elaborate:
We truly need someone with an accountant's heart (or better yet, an
administrative assistant's) to take down all the details of who has
what and basically keep a monster rolodex (or rolodex analog) from
hell that lists each and every person who's ever contacted us and
represents some resource - a commercial contact, a piece of hardware
to test, a good beta-tester's personality, whatever! Something that
enables somebody like me, who's totally inept at proper bookkeeping,
to then come along and say to that person "Person, I need to put
together a BETA test team. Please find me all the people in your
little database who have either the "nit-picking pedant" or "owns
unusual hardware (with detail)" attributes set! Ah yes, thank you..
Hmmmm.. My, what an interesting statistical correlation - 86% of the
people in this list have *both* attributes set!" :-)
Anyway, this AA type person would also keep a file of contacts that
should be kept alive and remind me to call them every once in awhile
("Hey, Bernie! How's it hangin', bro? Yeah? Good! <pause> Really!
With a pitchfork, eh? Geeze, that's rough! Well, don't worry, you'll
find another one. So, uh... I was just wondering. How's that
Gronking Industries CDROM controller driver of yours coming?").
And so forth.
Sigh.. Basically, I think the project needs a secretary! Perhaps
before too much time goes by, we'll even be able to hire one.
Wouldn't that be nice! :)
Jordan
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