Re: The auto contact

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 31, 3:10=A0am, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> "Frank Olson" wrote:
>
> > As I recall, the "help file" was produced with a readily available
> > off-the-shelf program...
>
> The help development tool I used is called RoboHelp. =A0The VP of Edwards=
 said
> my help system was the best he'd ever seen.
>
> > and IMHO the references to various participants in this newsgroup still
> > ranks as one of the most unprofessional things I've ever seen. =A0I cer=
tainly
> > wouldn't take any pride in that, Robert.
>
> I thought it was pretty damned funny, considering all the hate posts from=
 the
> named participants claiming I was doing no such thing at the time.
>
> BTW, the app we developed did something no other downloader did before no=
r, to
> my knowledge, has done since. =A0It provided the ability to configure and
> download virtually any control panel by simply modifying the schema. =A0I=
nstead
> of spending a few hundred hours writing a new app or even a new module ev=
ery
> time a new series of panels is created, the manufacturer only needs to ch=
ange
> a simple, easy to understand (because it's well commented) text file. =A0=
Try
> that with Compass or Quickloader.
>
> Our software team has, cumulatively, over 80 years of experience. =A0My s=
ister
> has been writing machine control apps since the 70's. =A0Mike has done
> everything from high level coding (COBOL, Fortran, etc.) to firmware. =A0=
He has
> written the most comprehensive development tool for COBOL in use today. =
=A0He
> also developed an OS for a mainframe builder. =A0We were offered the job =
of
> developing the firmware for Edwards as well as the downloader, but we tur=
ned
> that down due to time constraints and concentrated on the DACT Manager (s=
ince
> renamed, IIRC).
>
> I learned programming in 1969 when a "small" computer would fill a large =
room
> and PC's were the stuff of futuristic cartoons. =A0I've written modules t=
o
> enhance industry apps like BOLD. =A0I've also developed a number of stand=
-alone
> apps, including one of the first (really basic) computerized central stat=
ion
> monitoring systems. =A0That system was not for market -- something I wrot=
e to
> help manage my own small central station. =A0After a couple of years usin=
g it I
> purchased BOLD and went on to write a number of add-ons for it. =A0Althou=
gh I
> learned five languages, I have nowhere near the coding experience of my f=
amily
> members. =A0Other business interests have kept me too busy to do as much =
in that
> area as I might otherwise have done.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass

This appears to be an example of a "everybody look at me & how great I
am" fable Doug was talking about