Re: what if you're an architect AND a developer?!?!?!

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I too need, both Architect and Developer, but unfortunately, I selected
Architect and now I'm stuck with it. MS also promised a $1200 upgrade to
the full Team Suite subscription but they aren't honoring it.

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"BobF" <rNfOrSePeAzMe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:12:28 +0100, Axel Dahmen wrote:
>
>> Well, I tend to believe that if you are working in a small company your
>> projects won't be this big to require you to do architect or testing.
>
> Small projects don't require testing?! The way I see it, it's the other
> way around. If you're small, you damn sure better test if you want to be
> big. Once you're big, you don't need to test - you let the users test and
> put up a site to make bug-fixed versions available real-time. The users
> will apologize for you because they've loved you since you were small :-)
>
>>
>> UML is just a means of communicating workflow throughout the team without
>> the necessity to explain it personally in your words. If you can address
>> your staff personally, you most probably won't need UML. ... And if your
>> projects *really* grow that big that you'll need to test for load stress
>> and
>> have others test your code for you then you will definitively have the
>> money
>> in your pocket to spend it on another version of DevStudio.
>>
>> My 2 cents...
>> Axel Dahmen
>>
>>
>>
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>> "Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> i'm not sure the whole "let's divide this up by roles" idea is good....
>>> if
>>> you're a small business, chances are you play multiple roles. so now you
>>> have to buy multiple versions or shell out $$$$$ for the suite. how is
>> that
>>> helpful for developers?
>>>
>>> not very good. am i the only one thinking this?
>>>
>>> dushan bilbija
>>>
>>>


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