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So I was working on one of the project for my company for last one year. Converting existing old FoxPro based system to .NET based solution which is being used on factory floor. Application went in production last month and things are looking fine and today we got the news that company has decided to sell the business unit all together... They are in the process of flogging off that business unit for at least last 6 months as per the news.... I kind of don't understand why spend so much money on implementing a whole new system and upgrade the network ( they did the whole network upgrade at the factory and replaced all old equipments with new one ). I spent a fair amount of my time on implementing a system that whoever buy the business unit may or may not use. Kind of feeling sad that I implemented something that may or maynot be live in next few months 
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
modified 28-Jul-14 6:03am.
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Perhaps it makes the business unit more floggable?
Running something on software which was discontinued about 7 years ago isn't the most attractive prospect for a potential buyer.
[Edit]
Just guessing BTW!
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Exactly!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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This is exactly what we did when a company I was working for was on the market. Invest only in things that make the company more sellable; no pay increases, make sure the place looks nice, get the software up to date, hire a receptionist with big... well, you get the idea
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_Maxxx_ wrote: hire a receptionist with big...
Interesting. I always favored a secretary who, let us say, 'reacted well' to cold air, and cranking up the A/C randomly during the day.
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The MD's PA had bought some new glasswear (water jugs, glasses etc.) for the boardroom.
Having seen this expensive crystal, I strolled to her desk and said
"Nice pair of jugs!"
I have never seen anyone go so red so quickly!
These days the PC Police would probably chew my nadgers off for that!
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On a similar note, there's an organization I belong to which has several officers with gavels. As I picked up a couple to put away after a meeting I noted to those nearby: "Nice Pair of Knockers".
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: secretary who, let us say, 'reacted well' to cold air
Unfortunately, the fat guy sitting next to you probably had the same reaction. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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_Maxxx_ wrote: hire a receptionist with big... well, you get the idea
no.. I didn't ... more details please 
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She had big experience in recepting
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In addition to what the others have said, if you have been working on it for a year, it was probably started before upper management made the decision to divest the business unit. At which point they wouldn't stop it because that could alert people that the sale was in progress and potentially lower the price they might get for it - or even the stock price of the company as a whole if investors think it's a desperate move.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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virang_21 wrote: Converting existing old FoxPro based system to .NET based solution
I imagine one of the first things they will do is re-implement it in FoxPro again, because that's what some manager's highschool kid knows.
Marc
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Russia loses control of gecko sex experiment satellite[^]
The engine of the Foton-M4 satellite, with several experiments on board, has stopped responding to ground control.
All other systems are intact, the Progress space centre stated, including "one-way" transmission of information.
[...]
The Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, said the six tonne satellite could continue to operate on its own "for a long time".
I wonder if any of these Geckos was called Major Tom[^] 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Marc Clifton wrote: said the six tonne satellite could continue to operate on its own "for a long
time".
'Long' being a relative term... compared to the life of a fruit fly.
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This[^] is probably the best cover of that song I've seen. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: This[^] is probably the best cover of that song I've seen.
interesting that it is back up, it was taken down at one point for copyrights.
Ken
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Perhaps Russia can claim insurance reimbursement from GEICO!
PS. For those not in the US, GEICO is an insurance company that uses a gecko in its advertisements.
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I seem to remember someone wrote an article about an application launcher but can't find it.
Anyone? Thanks.
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Clickety
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Thanks but no. My mistake. I'm looking for something like Launchy or Executor. Type in a few characters, autocomplete matches the keys and then launches the app/doc/folder/etc.
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[^]
I think you mean SmartStartMenu.
Hope this helps,
Pablo.
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There's the shell command in VBA. Have you tried this?
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Nothing fits my criteria. It seems I'm gonna have to write my own. The curse of being a programmer.
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