Common sense over the thread barriers, on "refuse"
Message 15799318
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To:S100 who wrote (99076)
From: cfoe
Monday, May 14, 2001 7:15 PM
View Replies (4) | Respond to of 99287
Delay became inevitable following a crunch meeting last Wednesday between NEC engineers and BT. NEC ...
is understood to have refused to fix a critical software bug in time to meet BT's original timetable.
I wonder what they mean by refused? Here are some interpretations:
> Refused as in there is not enough money in it for us to put in the manpower required.
> Refused as in we cannot solve the problem in the original timeframe.
> Refused as in we cannot solve the problem in the original timeframe and have no idea when we can - so make
whatever promise you want, but don't hold us to it.
Anone care to add others?
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No time to find that specific post, but I think
it was Dennis (Roth??) who noted that QCOM
could be happy with testing, debugging, fixing their
system in Korea and not in UK... (or something
like that)
Ilmarinen
P.S. But we all, I assume, enjoy Benny Hill, Mr Bean,
Red Dwarf, Smith and Jones, etc and other witty
twit-twit-brits...
(but CNBC-UK is too much for my blood pressure)
P.P.S another good one
Message 15807066
From: voop
Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:43 AM
View Replies (1) | Respond to of 99288
This story is better than any novel I've ever read.
No kidding.
Not sure if it is a novel or a soap opera.
International political intrigue, innuendo, cabals, in-fighting, fudmeisters, villians, heros, greed, power, willful deceit.
Needs more sex, however.
Voop |
