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To: tony who wrote (15482)	3/3/2001 2:13:29 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 19080

The usefulness of the ERP is not at dispute. The degree of difficulty will keep get simpler, else the software techies are not doing their jobs. Cost rising, revenue falling, productivity down, investment down, alternatives to be found. Road map for all tech companies and their customers, Kings or otherwise, as all companies exist in the same environment known as the bubble. No escapes, not even for the bears, shorts, or cash campers. Chugs, Jay P.S. some software goodies ... LAW'S OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 1. Any given program, when running, is obsolete. 2. Any given program costs more and takes longer. 3. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed. 4. If a program is useless, it will have to be documented. 5. Any program will expand to fill available memory. 6. The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output. 7. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it. 8. Any non-trivial program contains at least one bug. 9. Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited. 10. Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.