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    Cheapness

    I am taking over an application written in India, for cheapness. Heres some cheapness: the user entering a customer can choose the customer's postcode from a list of postcodes for that customer's country. The country name in the postcode list is in French. The country name in the customer list is in English. No match, no postcode, so no address, so no customer contact data.
    Step outside posh boy

    #2
    Surely that is right since only 21 miles of water separate us and we love each other so much.

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      #3
      Originally posted by OrangeHopper View Post
      Surely that is right since only 21 miles of water separate us and we love each other so much.
      Reminds me of my TomTom:
      While on the M3; Find nearest late night chemist = Caen
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #4
        er...why isn't there a country list?

        .............oooooh I seeeeeeeeee

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          #5
          The code's not bad because it was outsourced, or because the developers are cheap. It is bad because it was outsourced without first performing due diligence on the chosen outsourcing company. The same could happen using shoddy developers anywhere.

          The problem is companies are too willing to offshore work after only talking to CheapCo's PM, not testing the developers. When I worked at a company wanting to use Tata/TCS, we insisted on this and found they were rubbish, and didn't use them.

          There are great Indian developers at very cheap rates. Big companies just seem bad at finding them... I pick people on an individual basis with technical interviews like I would if they worked in my office.
          Last edited by d000hg; 20 January 2010, 10:07.
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          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #6
            The problem is not the developers or the cheapness. The problem here is that the French dont speak English yet.
            Sheesh, when are these froggies going to catch up ?


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              #7
              Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
              The problem is not the developers or the cheapness. The problem here is that the French dont speak English yet.
              Sheesh, when are these froggies going to catch up ?


              It's OK, I just changed every customer in Algerie to Algeria. Next stop Allemagne.
              Step outside posh boy

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                #8
                Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post
                It's OK, I just changed every customer in Algerie to Algeria. Next stop Allemagne.
                Oi!!! fix it properly

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post
                  I am taking over an application written in India, for cheapness. ...
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
                    Reminds me of my TomTom:
                    While on the M3; Find nearest late night chemist = Caen
                    Sounds about right
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