Frank Sweetser wrote: > Because many mangers, used to dealing with and fighting over budgets 7 out > of > 8 hours a day, tend to equate cost with value. They're used to paying > more to > get what they want, so assume that if they're not paying more, whatever > they're getting must not be what they want.
Totally agree with this. A manager of mine in a previous job point-blank refused to even consider using CVS for source code control, because it was "free", even after I pointed out that the owners provided a full paid-for support service as well. She went with PVCS instead, because it cost money, despite my misgivings about the performance (java). As it turned out, everyone hated it, but because it was already paid for, they were forced to continue using it! It couldn't even do concurrent checkouts, which I pointed out before the decision was finalised, and this forced them to change their coding practices to cope with their final choice of product. Barmy! I used CVS for my own stuff at work (as a DBA/Unix guy I was outside the main development loop so wasn't tied in with what they were using), and was very happy with it. -- Mike Holden http://www.by-ang.com - the place to shop for all manner of hand crafted items, including Jewellery, Greetings Cards and Gifts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
