Re: [xtm-wg] Commitee work in Dallas

[Jack Park <jackpark@verticalnet.com>]

We went in with a horse, and came out with a Thoroughbred Stallion!  Many
thanks to all for such a great meeting.
Cheers
Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>
To: <xtm-wg@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: [xtm-wg] Commitee work in Dallas


> There are a few famous sayings about committee work.
>
> An obscure one is that "A commitee is an animal with 4 back legs."
>
> Meaning that committees cannot move forward. Here again, I believe that
> the saying is wrong; great progress was made.
>
> A second is "A camel is a horse designed by a committee."
>
> Well, I for one believe that we went into Dallas with a horse -- and
> came out with a horse.
>
> I'm not suffering from buyer's remorse, and believe that with the DTD
> we can (as Daniel said) go to DC with our heads "held high."
>
> A third is "work expands to fill the time available for its
> completion." Here however, Parkinson's law proved accurate (that's why
> it's a Law) as the final tweaks to the syntax were completed at 4:55PM
> on Sunday!
>
> S.
>
> P.P.S. An excellent operational definition of a simple conceptual model
> would be one that can be made using a UML evaluation unit!
>
>
>
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