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From: sjs16@uk.ac.bton.itri (Simon Shurville)
Subject: Re: Classic OO Management Mistakes
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In article <4347j6$ha5@mercury.galstar.com>
ichudov@star89.galstar.com (Igor Chudov @ home) writes:

> * The 'best course' is context dependent: what if it is unlikely that the
> * developer will be around when the bugs turn up becuase s/he managed to
> * get a new contract elsewhere on the basis of her/his
> * speedy-though-flawed work? Game theory would probobly predict that
> * unless the bug can be traced back to her/him by her/his new employer or
> * the world at large s/he is better off cutting all the corners that s/he
> * can.
> 
> Not resorting to politically correct arguments like "ppl should be
> honest and work hard and well", I might note that your attitude does not
> make one make richer or happier, and here is why.

This is the line in my original post that you missed: "Not that I
recommend this course of action." It does make a bit of a difference!

Dear God, its not my attitude, that's why I said that I don't recommend
this course of action in my original post. But you managed to snip that
out! The point is that such free riders exist and one should bear this
in mind when dealing with other developers etc. A lot of evolutionary
psychology is concerned with how we evolved to spot 'cheats' and this
is just one more example of where this inherited skill is essentail to
a good and happy life. The main reason not to cheat comes down to
Plato's comments about the evil doers and the harm that they do
themselves.
