Subj : Re: Not untrue (was: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?)
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp
From : Richard Heathfield
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 10:16 am

Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote:

>> From:   <ram...@bigpond.net.au>
>> > I've never used any programming language commercially, except 2.5 weeks
>> > of Think C in 1992.
> 
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> Only 2.5 weeks was on for-sale commercial software:

The term "commercially", applied to the use of a programming language, is 
not restricted solely to programs intended for sale on the open market.

Let's say you work for Walmart, and spend a year writing POS software for 
their cash tills. They're never going to sell that software, but 
nevertheless that year counts as a year of commercial programming 
experience.

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Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
mail: rjh at above domain

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