[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

[Todd Martin]

Hi Richard

>     no.. I'm sure they aspire to more than that because they know that
>     their laziness or accident will cause lives.. Just like an Engineer,
>     or Architect knows that mistakes will cost lives.. IMHO there are NO
>     PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS.. its not a profession yet.. its
>     just a thing we all do for money. Every professional trade, be it
>     Doctor, engineer, etc all share a simple thing called responsibility
>     and accountability..
> 
> 
> A professional software developer is simply someone who does it as their
> main source of income. No need to complicate it further. I can't say I
> can see Engineers being comparable to our profession, all the work they
> do its very well known and all the problems have been solved already.

As a profressional engineer, I have to say that statement is complete
and utter rubbish.

Todd.