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From: karsh@geowhiz.UUCP (Bruce Karsh)
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Re: Big & little machines & problems
Message-ID: <194@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-May-85 18:55:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 18:55:38 1985
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In article <582@terak.UUCP> doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes:
>While I generally agree with Peter's comments, I must take issue with:
>
>> 	- you can write it all in assembler and be an "iron man" like
>> Doug (and me in past lives), and God help you if the person involved
>> ever leaves, gets run over by a truck, loses interest, etc.
>
>But I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I read the suggestion
>that employers shouldn't hire talented people because if those people
>left then the company would be in trouble!

  I dont think that Peter said that "employers should not hire talented
people".  I think the argument is that companies usually do not want
software that can only be maintained by one person.

  The Cray & the CDC 6600 may have been designed largely by just one
person.  But that person is no longer *required* to maintain these systems.

  Besides, if you had a person who was as good as S. Cray, you probably
wouldn't have him hand code assembly programs.

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