Re: is SIP an Emergent Property

On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 10:39:33 AM, Dan Palanza wrote:

> But why are software people so deeply vested in reinventing wheels? Long 
> term, Kent's display of stubbornness relative to bookkeeping exemplifies an 
> issue that is going to make the present generation of software developers 
> look foolish, long term. Shouldn't we work to minimize such a detour in 
> software's evolution? That seems to me SIP's real mission for bringing 
> comfort to life, for both the vendor and the customer.

With all due respect, the primacy of bookkeeping which you see has not been
communicated to me -- and, I suspect -- to Kent and others. Many of us are
not getting it. This could be due to stubbornness in all of the receivers,
or there could be something wrong with the message, in content, style, or
persuasiveness.

I find that when someone, or many people, do not listen to me, I have only
one dial to turn. I can try my communication again, in another form or
style. I suggest, again with all due respect, that that's the situation you
face.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
Tough life is. Then die you do. --Yoda (personal communication)


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