It's a Smart Ass world out there..

An XYZ company's marketing spokesperson was demonstrating the dynamics of his company's new 'cool speech recognition software' to an audience;

you are about to witness a revolutionary software product now he said, and he clapped his hands;

Welcome it said, 'what can i do for you' ?

the man ordered; 'start' 'program1' 'type' 'email' etc etc..

the 'smart' software obediently and elegantly executed every order of his, The audience viewed the demo in serenity.. suddenly,

someone at the back shouted:

'Run' 'Format' 'C Colon' 'Yes'

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and this one's my all time favourite Dilbert strip.

Requirements engineering,The known unknown..

Hi,

I'm reading this book by Karl E.Wiegers called Software Requirements, published by MS press. The most intriguing part of the otherwise boring book are the interactions between employees before every chapter..

Often, 'small deviations' during requirement analysis leads to doom during development/deployment phase. Also, not often it's realized that those 'small deviations' during requirements engineering was the cause., the actual 'creep' which lead to doom. This book throws light onto those areas and helps you avoid getting doomed early on, even before you start negotiating a software deal with a client..

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xda blog

i am posting this blog from my pda,trying to see how well i can keep connected to the internet from various devices..

O2 XDAIIi

I got my XDAIIi Pocket PC today. Intel PXA 272 520MHz,128 RAM and 128 ROM, running on Windows Mobile 2003 SE. (predecessor of WM5, which is a predecessor of WM6, which is a predecessor of WM6.1)

XDA's may be becoming less common these days. However, check this out to see what XDA's can do for your business.
'Technology Success Stories for XDA'
Now, i've got my hands dirty with compact framework development, way to go for building the next big success story innit ?