On Tuesday, February 10, 1998 8:56 AM, Michael Feldman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote: > Last semester, I spent an hour in my office with a guy from Redmond, > a techie/manager from the Office 97 (9X?) project. [snip] > He really wanted to tell me that he thought our students were learning > too much about software engineering and abstraction, and not enough > close-to-the-metal efficiency. He quizzed them about all sorts of things > and found them wanting in this area. He was looking for "brilliant > hackers" (his words), not engineers. He said he appreciated the need > for quality software at Boeing, but not all the world was airplanes. Read "Gates : How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry And Made Himself the Richest Man in America" by Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews, and you will understand where this techie/manager's attitude. However, I'm a little surprised that this attitude has survived all the bad press Microsoft has gotten on lack of quality in their products. It's a good book. I highly recommend it. -- Terry J. Westley, Principal Engineer Calspan, An operation of Veridian P.O. Box 400, Buffalo, NY 14225 [log in to unmask] http://www.calspan.com