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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It might be asking too much but any info on the
linux build being part of it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jon@defenderhosting.com href="mailto:jon@defenderhosting.com">Jon
Wolberg</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bf1942@icculus.org
href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 15, 2005 6:45 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [bf1942] Hotfix release time
upgraded from 'soon' to 'not far off'</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looks like soon will be 5pm PST TONIGHT
:)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Enjoy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dave@netdefense.ca href="mailto:dave@netdefense.ca">David
Stevens</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bf1942@icculus.org
href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 15, 2005 1:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [bf1942] Hotfix release
time upgraded from 'soon' to 'not far off'</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EA
Games<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">[whispers]Challenge
Quality[/whispers]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Kevin
Mahoney [mailto:akaelite@rogers.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, July 15, 2005 11:03
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A
href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [bf1942] Hotfix release
time upgraded from 'soon' to 'not far
off'</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EA!.........Challenge
Everthing!</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(moment of
silence)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ahem....sorry, had to let that
out, carry on.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message -----
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=defilm@acm.org href="mailto:defilm@acm.org">Mark J. DeFilippis</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=bf1942@icculus.org
href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Friday, July 15, 2005 12:56 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re:
[bf1942] Hotfix release time upgraded from 'soon' to 'not far
off'<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>No, no, no!! Not at EA they
won't!<BR>They fire guys like him at EA because "They don't fit in with
the culture"...<BR><BR><BR>At 10:51 AM 7/15/2005, you
wrote:<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Shockwave, there is an opening at EA and I
nominate you. More people with your way of thinking would go a long
way<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- From: "|TF20|Shockwave"
<shockwave@clan-tf20.com><BR>To: <bf1942@icculus.org><BR>Sent:
Friday, July 15, 2005 10:44 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [bf1942] Hotfix release
time upgraded from 'soon' to 'not far
off'<BR><BR><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Latham"
<leeprivate@cgmlarson.com><BR>To:
<bf1942@icculus.org><BR>Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:32
AM<BR>Subject: Re: [bf1942] Hotfix release time upgraded from 'soon' to
'not far<BR>off'<BR><BR><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In their defense, as a software professional
myself, I can tell you that<BR>they are just trying to not lie about
it. If you ever give a customer an<BR>estimated date, they
always treat it as a promised delivery date, so it's<BR>better, when
possible, to be vague.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>I am a software developer as well and we
always give customers a firm date.<BR>Being vague may give you wiggle room
but it also sends the message that you<BR>don't have a firm grasp on
either the situation or your ability to deal with<BR>it effectively.
The potential problem is not missing a deadline as much as<BR>it is not
communicating effectively with the client. If a deadline is
not<BR>going to be met, the trick is to contact the client ahead of time
to let<BR>them know. Too often people wait until the deadline is
past before<BR>commenting on the status of a given job. That's what
makes people upset.<BR>There is simply no substitute for clear and precise
communication between<BR>involved parties. It's too bad that those
in charge of BF2 have yet to<BR>learn this
lesson.<BR><BR><BR>Shockwave<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"></X-SIGSEP><TT><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><X-SIGSEP>S1,-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></FONT></TT><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><BR><TT><FONT
face="Courier New">Mark J. DeFilippis, Ph. D
EE
defilm@acm.org</FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT
face="Courier New">
defilm@ieee.org</FONT></TT><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>