[tlug] Re: Speaking of computer usage ...

["Gernot Hassenpflug" <aikishugyo@example.com>]

>From: Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com>
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>>On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 03:13:15AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> A professional is a person who (a) keeps her own tools sharp (and
>> perhaps even builds them herself), and (b) has a set of ethical
>> principles about how to treat clients that sometimes get in the way of
>> clocking out at 5pm.
>Here, let me quote Anthony de Boer in a 2004 USENET posting:
>   I've become convinced that professionalism and craftsmanship
>   are almost but not quite orthagonal to each other.  Being a
>   professional means having been in the racket long enough to know
>   exactly how crappy it can be and still pass muster.  Being a
>   craftsman means doing it to the best of your abilities even if
>   you know a lesser effort would be accepted by others.
>
>What you're talking about up there is craftsmanship, not
>professionalism.

IMNSHO Mr Boer is completely wrong, to put it politely.