Rodent Regatta

I’ve made it official. I’m in the middle of the end of the last technology project I do. It’s time for me to outsource these projects to younger, more patient and smarter kids. Part of the problem is clearly the attempt to run a particular product on such a wide variety of operating environments. That product is written using tools that provide the developer with a place to point when things don’t go right.

Even a single point of the finger is too many for me when we’re talking about the software that allows a business to take orders, ship products and invoice. In 2004, changing that software is an exercise in changing all four tires at 85 miles per hour. Business is fast. Slow-thinking software companies won’t survive.

I’ll see this one through to the end, but I’ll take a different approach for every future project. It’s a genuine shame to have excellent functionality and features to offer a business, but be unable to get to those because someone failed to pay attention to the details of making the software installable and maintainable in various operating environments.

This became official at 3:00a.m. this morning. No more! I’m done.