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1. Blame is a way of doing nothing (externalise problem, preferably on something that you have no control over, so you can sit on your ass and winge all day).

2. Professionals: who write schedules (including time for architecture design and documentation), specifications and follow them (based on known metrics) are professionals, and write professional code AND all required documentation.
[covers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 including the font issue (make it configurable)]

3. Only employ professionals.
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Man, so true, I have heard them all.  DonnieBoy | 09/02/04
And yet, none of them matter at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
Yes, other applications are hard to use and buggy, so no problem.  DonnieBoy | 09/02/04
The word is  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
Yes, you never have time to do it right, but you have time to do it again.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
Becuase...  michael@... | 09/03/04
Yes, the problem determining what is needed.  DonnieBoy | 09/04/04
i dunno about your customers...  ryusen | 09/02/04
Simply not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
What? You don't wanna bet?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
what... want to actually give me tiem to READ your message first...  ryusen | 09/03/04
One of the things he did NOT talk is design by committee.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
Politic management  seosamh_z | 09/04/04
try to make some sense here....  ryusen | 09/03/04
Perhaps his customers  balsover | 09/03/04
perhaps they are, but...  ryusen | 09/03/04
Good to see you finally agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/06/04
No need to accept this  jorwell | 09/03/04
Of course they all do . . .  markdoiron | 09/03/04
Thank you for agreeing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/03/04
last time I checked  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
Sorry, you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/06/04
i never said perfect, check out what Andy Tannenbaum wrote(who's childish!)  hipparchus2000 | 09/07/04
impassioned human-ness  hipparchus2000 | 09/07/04
Sorry, I don't buy into it.  balsover | 09/03/04
Depends on your definition of "Finished"  JohnGoz | 09/03/04
Spot On!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/06/04
I agree with Ax  Roger Ramjet | 09/07/04
Seven deadly excuses for poor design  Loverock Davidson | 09/02/04
Seven Deadly Excuses for Good Design  Erik1234 | 09/02/04
in summary  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
You Forgot Deadly Excuse #8  itanalyst | 09/02/04
As a Microsoft MVP, why...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
MS MVP? I Think Not Mr. Clueless  itanalyst | 09/02/04
Really, you share an IP address then?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
Be careful how you answer that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
how do you know his IP address are you Okhrana or something  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
maybe he is a zdadmin  V Sanders | 09/04/04
No Ax is a M$ troll!  sa_z | 09/08/04
just because someone like windows  V Sanders | 09/04/04
You typically need to support MS on at least the client end.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
Forget excuses. Hire great developers.  solprovider | 09/02/04
Good post.  Anton Philidor | 09/02/04
Wizards. Some criticism of browsers.  solprovider | 09/02/04
Knowing the user  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Installers. Menus.  solprovider | 09/03/04
Apassionata, Jando, next...  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
More Installers, Menus.  solprovider | 09/04/04
Perception  SC-man | 09/03/04
Agreed.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Menu locations on MSIE and wizards  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
Reading the users' minds  Anton Philidor | 09/02/04
Lack of Planning  ntale@... | 09/03/04
Did anybody at ZDNet read this article?  solprovider | 09/03/04
what??  ryusen | 09/03/04
They have a model.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Agreed: ZDNet does not like Feedbackers.  solprovider | 09/03/04
Why "No further replies to this post will be accepted."?  solprovider | 09/04/04
is this describing XP developers?  V Sanders | 09/04/04
Maybe  seosamh_z | 09/04/04
ZDNET, READ THIS STORY, AND THEN LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS  Valis Keogh | 09/04/04
Shh Don't wake them up they might be listening.  kohuratahi | 09/04/04
Talk Back  fletcherMcK | 09/06/04
Misunderstanding of "Requirements"  rcauvin | 09/04/04
Newton / Palm BAD analogy  Roger Ramjet | 09/07/04
Do you know anything at all about business?  tamuhockey | 09/07/04
The problem with Harvey Bingham is that he's not your typical senior citize  walter.bender | 09/29/04

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