runtime vs development filepro

[Fairlight]

Simon--er, no...it was Laura Brody--said:
> being unreasonable. She told him "the customer is always
> right, even if they are a total pain in the neck. Take the
> needle out of your arm (one of her favorite phrases) and make
> the damn tape". This went back and forth several times until

*snicker*  Good line.

> With this, Ken slammed down the phone -- this was the first
> time I ever saw Ken lose his temper (now that we have 4 kids,
> so it's now almost a daily occurance, but I digress).
> He then went over to the computer, made the changes to
> the "make tape" script, made the tape and stomped down
> to shipping while mumbling unkind things about this
> customer's IQ. The rest of us stood there in programming
> with our jaws on the floor and quickly decided that today
> would be a bad day to ask Ken for anything .....

Customer's IQ notwithstanding, how hard is it to make the switch from cpio
to tar?  :)  Methinks it was a principle thing, which I would be the first
to understand, believe me.

Funny anecdote though...thanks for sharing!

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