[rescue] Re: [SunHELP] Solaris 9, First thoughts

Steve Sandau ssandau at bath.tmac.com
Sun Jan 20 08:36:47 CST 2002


That might be good, too. I would just avoid any setup that would make
their work take longer, i.e. I wouldn't want them to have to debug on a
slower machine...
> 
> Better than having them test on a slow machine, make a slow machine their "main" machine.
> The one they have to browser, read email and do everything else on.  And if they
> would normally use the program they are developing, they have to only use it on that
> machine.
> This will give them a better appereciation for what they are supposed to do :)
snip...
> >
> > We do the same type of thing by giving the developers decent machines,
> > but also giving them a "test" machine that's a duplicate of their
> > customers' machines. Easier for us because a customer's machine is
> > fairly predictable (Navy office). "One" could do this by forcing
> > developers to troubleshoot/test their work on a normal-to-slow machine.
> > I bet this is something that *some* developers *don't* have to do... ;)

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Steve Sandau
ssandau at bath.tmac.com



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