Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:40:47 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org, Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Advocacy help for CS professor Message-ID: <20020322184047.GC31556@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <001101c1d1c7$67cf4ae0$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> References: <20020322013138.A87120@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020322111245.GA26042@hades.hell.gr> <3C9B571F.1090101@pittgoth.com> <001101c1d1c7$67cf4ae0$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey>
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On 2002-03-22 09:31, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote:
> The truth is, Microsoft picks up quite a bit of the world's best
> programming talent. Whether they use that talent wisely, that's a
> management issue.
Let's keep this in mind. They have 'a bit' of the world's best
programmers. Not all of them. That needs to be made clear, and this is
what I wrote earlier.
> I know that's not all there is to being a good software engineer, but I
> believe you need to give them the benefit of the doubt and not accuse
> them of incompetence based on their unrelated other-department coworkers.
Fair is fair.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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