Re: what do you think?

["Mark Barratt" <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Obviously they are words. If you understand what he means they are useful
words (though maybe not useful in something like a manual which relies on
widely shared understanding - I haven't the faintest idea what they are
supposed to mean).

A story:

Years ago I had a client (company), run and largely owned by its founder,
whose word was law among his several thousand employees.

One day he announced that he was sick of hearing about problems with
projects. It represented bad attitude. All problems, with the right
attitude, could be seen as opportunities, and he wanted his people to
understand that. No problems, just opportunities.

He was a man who stalked corridors and cafeterias, and fired people he'd
never met before for inscrutable or trivial reasons.

Pretty soon the word 'problem' has disappeared from internal conversation.

One day I get a call from my client (person) asking me to run over for an
urgent meeting. 'I think we may have an insoluble opportunity,' he said.


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----- Original Message -----
From: Sonja Waller (SWUS) <Sonja.Waller@smallworld-us.com>
To: framers@FrameUsers.com <framers@frameusers.com>
Sent: 28 April 1999 23:00
Subject: what do you think?


> Hello,
> Okay, I'm on a new job and one of my clients always uses the words,
> hitability and selectability. Are they words??? I looked them up in the
> dictionary, but they are not listed. What's your opinion? BTW, here's his
> sentence:
>
> "With ACE, users define the initial visibility, hitability, or
selectability
> of objects and the attributes."
>
> Your opinions are greatly valued. Thanks.
>
>
> Sonja Waller
> Sr. Technical Writer
> Smallworld Systems, Inc.
> Communications Business Unit
>
> TEL: 303.268-6163
> FAX: 303.779-9945
>
> Email:
> sonja.waller@smallworld-us.com
>
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