20 Oct
2011
20 Oct
'11
3:26 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I knew a mechanical engineer who would use ClarisWorks spreadsheets for
nearly everything. His team was trying to figure out the optimal spacing for
a particle detector photomultiplier tube bracket. A couple guys futzed
around using calculators and paper for an hour. He whipped up a spreadsheet
in ClarisWorks and figured it out in ten minutes
So - in that
context, why would an engineer ever need the tool of a back
room bean counter, who has been pushed into the executive offices??
I think a true engineer (or scientist, hacker, what have you) will use
whatever they consider to be the most appropriate tool for the job in
hand, no matter who else might use it, or what they might use it for.
-tony