Hi 

Actually I just thought I'd send random noise, because I think it's a funny
story.  (I was the guy that came in after the mess to clean it up by writing
a system that worked!  So no I don't think it's a good idea.) There was no
intended comment on the conversation one way or another.  Sorry if you read
it that way.  Please excuse the interruption. 

:) 
Ron

> From: Igor Stasenko 
> 
> So, you proposing surrender to Paul's ways and for the rest of your
> life keep making things which is then turn into a pile of paper, and
> didn't thrown away,  just because it costs too much money to produce?
> :)
> 
> On 07/02/2008, Ron Teitelbaum <Ron at usmedrec.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I can't resist a story.  The company I worked for a long time ago,
> before
> > they hired me, hired a consulting company and spent over 1/4 million on
> a
> > system design.  When I started working I asked what that big ball of
> paper
> > was on the shelf.  They said it was a $250,000 basket ball.  (It was
> just
> > about the size of a basket ball).  It turned out that after months of
> work
> > the company delivered a huge stack of completely useless paper that very
> > clearly showed they hadn't understood the requirements.  I said so why
> did
> > you mash it up into a ball and put it on the shelf.  They said well at
> least
> > that was fun, and it cost so much it was a shame to throw it away!
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> >
> > > From: David T. Lewis
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 02:32:56AM +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> > > > It's okay , for me, for being paid $1000 for an application which
> > > > putting 'Hello word' on screen, after half-year of study of new
> > > > platform. But i don't think that there is many people in the world
> who
> > > > will pay me such sum for that :)
> > >
> > > Ha! Large companies routinely spend thousands of times that amount on
> > > projects that never get as far as putting 'Hello word' on the screen.
> > > I think that you would be offering them a great bargain ;)
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.