marti@ethz.UUCP (Robert Marti) (10/10/89)
In article <JWG1.89Oct9105923@bunny.gte.com>, jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) writes: > ... If suppliers do not meet their ship dates, it can have a serious > ripple effect that can cost dollars and jobs. ... > ... In the future, Dr. Meyer, please attempt to keep your customers > informed at the earliest possible time in a slippage in delivery dates. > This will help us make lower-risk planning decisions. Forgive me for jumping on you, BUT: People who rely on release dates promised by a vendor for a critical project have only themselves to blame if reality diverges from the promises made. I agress that a vendor should inform its customers about slippages as early as possible, though. By the way: Much as I like the elegance of Eiffel, ther ARE other programming languages around -- even object-oriented ones. -- Robert Marti Phone: +41 1 256 52 36 Institut fur Informationssysteme ETH-Zentrum CSNET/ARPA: marti%inf.ethz.ch@relay.cs.net CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland UUCP: ...uunet!mcvax!ethz!marti