On (14 Dec 94) Bob Lawrence wrote to Keith Richardson...



 KR> the reason that i like ppoint so much is that there is zero

 KR> hassle, i've probably spent no more than 5% of the time on it

 KR> that any of the pkt2qwk or squish users have, and it has never

 KR> sent messages to the wrong area. i got a shoal of dupes with a

 KR> shonkey system that i set up at 3am one morning but that was my

 KR> fault. when a new version comes out, i can usually have it up

 KR> and running in less than 30 min.



 BL>   The only problem I have with PQWK is trhat Paul brings out a new

 BL> version every week, but I have had so much experience now that I can

 BL> change the system while it's sending the mail! My record for changing

 BL> (from v181 to v182... it's now up to v221) is 17.2 seconds. 30 minutes

 BL> sounds like a lot to me. :-)



17.2 seconds, you must type real fast! by the time that you have

changed directories, unzipped it etc, you must be a blur of action  (-8

it takes me 30 min because i dont copy the new software over the old, i

copy the whole lot, messagebase and all, into a new directory then

install into that. 25 years in the computer game has taught me to be

very wary of software updates, especially minor ones  (-8



 KR> i am doing the same thing with c++ and owl to write a windows

 KR> prog, the learning curve is so steep that i think that i need a

 KR> rope and pitons. )-8



 BL>   In my mind, the "steep learning curve" phrase is
backwards. I know

 BL> what you mean, but to me, a steep learning curve is something I learn

 BL> easily; a whole lot of stuff quickly. I find VB has a steep learning

 BL> curve, and C a slow one. It's a real battle to learn anything new in

 BL> C, but shit easy in VB (which is why I use it).



 BL>   I guess I plot knowledge versus time... what you do use on the

 BL> horizontal axis of your "steep" curve?



no the vertical axis is effort, and the horizontal is achievment.



                        Keith



... I'd rather look out from the ppoint than wallow in QWKsand.



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