Progress in the open
We all know that progress is a supeior product with inferior marketing. The whole buisness model the company has been retarding growth for years. This is why progress lags. Granted there are fewer programmers, but that is because there are fewer places to get employed. I loved progress. I just think it is a great product wasted by inferior managers.
I interviewed for a progress position about 2 years ago. I could not understand the guy on the other end of the phone. His accent and horrible english made that impossible. Let alone the ability for us to percieve the concepts of one another. That is a problem with progress today. They are progressing to a exclusivity brought about by language barriers. Progress will eventually be unable to communicate with the American manager. This and the fact that an american manager will be able to communicate with a programmer.
This may all sound racist to those pc people, but I don't care go jump a bike or something. The truth is that logic is a reflection of the language we use everyday. The way we put thoughts together is reflected in this manner. Just as a computer language restricts the way we can program, so to does our lingustics restrict the way we can percieve and communicate ideas.
In order for progress to progress. The company needs to ensure that sample bases and plentifle documentation reach the books shelfs of stores like barns and noble. They need to work with states and colleges and practically give the system away. After all it does cost less to maintain, and this could be a big sales pitch. The barrier of course is the rollover. Since there are not enough progress people in America it would be a tough sell. Not many officials will be glad to hand over public systems to foriegn engineers to get a data system that Americans know how manage.
Also progress acts like it's oracle. Well it is not. Yes the system is better but Oracle is the recognized leader. Progress should cut the cost for training american engineers so there will be plenty of us waiting to jump in and help the states and college systems.
California Colleges are still a mess. Washinton has a great system in place. Progress should start there.
My rant...
Thanks
We all know that progress is a supeior product with inferior marketing. The whole buisness model the company has been retarding growth for years. This is why progress lags. Granted there are fewer programmers, but that is because there are fewer places to get employed. I loved progress. I just think it is a great product wasted by inferior managers.
I interviewed for a progress position about 2 years ago. I could not understand the guy on the other end of the phone. His accent and horrible english made that impossible. Let alone the ability for us to percieve the concepts of one another. That is a problem with progress today. They are progressing to a exclusivity brought about by language barriers. Progress will eventually be unable to communicate with the American manager. This and the fact that an american manager will be able to communicate with a programmer.
This may all sound racist to those pc people, but I don't care go jump a bike or something. The truth is that logic is a reflection of the language we use everyday. The way we put thoughts together is reflected in this manner. Just as a computer language restricts the way we can program, so to does our lingustics restrict the way we can percieve and communicate ideas.
In order for progress to progress. The company needs to ensure that sample bases and plentifle documentation reach the books shelfs of stores like barns and noble. They need to work with states and colleges and practically give the system away. After all it does cost less to maintain, and this could be a big sales pitch. The barrier of course is the rollover. Since there are not enough progress people in America it would be a tough sell. Not many officials will be glad to hand over public systems to foriegn engineers to get a data system that Americans know how manage.
Also progress acts like it's oracle. Well it is not. Yes the system is better but Oracle is the recognized leader. Progress should cut the cost for training american engineers so there will be plenty of us waiting to jump in and help the states and college systems.
California Colleges are still a mess. Washinton has a great system in place. Progress should start there.
My rant...
Thanks