[c-nsp] TAC hits a new record level of aggravation...

[Justin M. Streiner]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Seth Mattinen wrote:

> Because you can't ever be "done" therefore it needs a rewrite into the
> cool new thing. Except Cisco's web team is somewhat behind; they're on
> Java applets right now. Give them another 5-10 years to discover jQuery.

And the cool new thing will never be 'done' either.  Perpetual development 
is often a bad thing because it leads to loss of focus, scope creep, and 
lots of other buzzwords that generally have a negative connotation. 
Cisco's marketing group having a bunch of 'innovators' they need to 
keep busy, and Cisco's web team having a bunch of developers that they 
need to keep busy is not a valid reason to innovate for innovation's sake.

If Java is needed just to get basic communication between the TAC and 
myself (open cases, update cases, research contracts, download software, 
look up bug IDs, etc) working, they're doing it wrong.  All of those 
things are possible without having to add another layer of bloat to the 
stack.

jms