Subj : Re: Expect/standards/lineItemBilling (was: How much should I charge...) To : comp.programming From : Randy Howard Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 05:56 am Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote (in article ): > > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Randy Howard wrote: >> >> Spending 6 months out of every 12 memorizing a new set of >> made-up terms to describe some supposedly novel way to write >> software may be interesting for project planners, and keep them >> going to nice seminars adjacent to interesting golf courses, but >> for everyone else it is a colossal waste of time. >> >> (It does of course open up a financial bonanza for the evil >> folks that descend on these new buzzword festivals with training >> materials, certification programs, books, self-paced CD study >> kits, t-shirts, motivational posters and of course, special >> high-$$ software to track all the new buzzwords as the lemmings >> meander through the new labyrinth now created for them. > > s/evil folks/upstanding entrepreneurs/0 s/upstanding entrepreneurs/snake-oil salesmen/ -- Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR) .