| From: | Alban Hertroys <haramrae(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | John McKown <john(dot)archie(dot)mckown(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Pierre Chevalier Géologue <pierrechevaliergeol(at)free(dot)fr>, Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>, Szymon Lipiński <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>, dandl <david(at)andl(dot)org>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Thoughts on "Love Your Database" |
| Date: | 2016-05-04 15:55:27 |
| Message-ID: | CAF-3MvNm8R36_O+9zdKXvU=-LB-94i7FGdxk+T2a8k_mCJsKJw@mail.gmail.com |
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On 4 May 2016 at 17:08, John McKown <john(dot)archie(dot)mckown(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I had a manager, long ago, who used a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet to
> contain all his memos. I was glassy eyed in disbelief. He also would use his
> hand calculator to add up the numbers in the spreadsheet to be sure that the
> summation function in the spreadsheet didn't make a mistake. <shudder/>
That still happens - we have a few live examples around in this
company. Unfortunately they're not caged and there's no sign "Do not
feed the managers". Admittedly, they're using Excel instead of
Lotus-1-2-3, but that's the only difference.
--
If you can't see the forest for the trees,
Cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest.
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