Good try Tony, but for those old sticklers like some of us it should be "Faithful" not "Funny". Even if we are funny about the way we do things.

Glenda,

How right you are, sounds much better, so as we're now on page two -

Faithful
Old
Coders
Under
Stress

T

Have a good weekend all.

Got these off the web:

FOCUS
Friends of Choice in Urban Schools
Fellowship of Catholic University Students
Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single (SEC requirement)
Fiber Optic Communities of the United States
Families Of Children Under Stress (support group for families of handicapped children in Atlanta, GA, USA)
Federation on Computing in the United States
Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States
Forum Of Control Data Users
Follow One Course Until Successful
Flexible Optical Control Unit Simulator
For Our Children's Unique Sight
Focus on Christ Uplifting Singles
Fisheries Oceanography Cooperative Users System
Flight Operations Computer System
Facility for Operations Control and Utilization Statistics
Finding Original Creative Unique Solutions
Followers Of Christ Under Submission
For On-Line Computer Users
Fiber-Optic Controlled Underwater Stereo (Vehicle)
Firefighters of Color United in Syracuse, Inc. (New York)
Formal and OO-Methods for Customer-Driven Specifications (ESPRIT Project 10603)
Family Outreach Center for Understanding Special Needs (Alaska)
Freespace Optical/Near-Optical Communications System
Fostering Originality, Creativity, Understanding, and Self-Awareness <== My Fav!
FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
Fixed Ongoing Concentration, Unlimited Success

WORP
Wireless Outdoor Routing Protocol
Wildly Orgasmic Reporting Platform

i would say without question that WORP, regardless of what it may have ever stood for, has now been officially renamed.

Hey Darryl,

What are you drinking in Ontario? Can you send me some?

T

Darryl is definitely WORPed.

By the way, it means "WebFOCUS Open Reporting Portal" and you can find this text hidden in the Dashboard files: Drive:\ibi\WebFOCUS53\worp\worp_html\worp1\banner.html

Francis - definitely time to edit that dashboard file. I agree with Susannah, WORP is now officially renamed.

So, here's my suggestion for interview question... You get an EDASERVE crash error, what do you do:
1.) contact your company's server support group
2.) open a case with IBI Tech Support
3.) post your code in Focal Point
oh, and let's not forget lest Tony takes umbrage
All the above assuming you've already had training and you have consulted the manual.

Anyway, I just thought I'd post a comment that IBI Tech Support is not very supportive. Maybe they need to pay the virtuosos (e.g. Tony, Francis, Susannah, etc.) retainers fees...

I had actually suggested some form of payment, now that our FocalPoint answers are available in Information Builders Tech Support Search results, but I did not get a response!

Anatess,

What a good idea! I'm all for that one

One thing I would say is that the "follow the sun" support does open up the possibility of your case being dealt with by many good support people, although the days of the London Tech Support have gone as it is now centrally based in Belgium for Europe with vastly reduced support personel. I did think that, at one time, the London Tech Support was one of the best and very good .. but then I am biased as I did supply contract work for them in London for about three years

.. and don't worry about me taking Umbrage, I don't like their sports gear, I prefer Nike! lol

T

Hey guys and gals. I was out last week so I just got into this thread. I love Tony's comment about Old focus (uh, I mean FOCUS) programers never die, they just get functionaly stablized. That's funny. I also like the one about if FOCUS is in lowercase on a resume just throw it out. That is so true.

Here are my mindless comments:

Q: How many FOCUS programmers does it take to screw in a light bulb.

A #1: Where is the light bulb? Is it in the USA or in Europe? (Sorry Tony, I could not resist)

A #2: It depends. Does the programmer have access to Focal Point? If they do then it will take every FOCUS programmer in the world to screw in the bulb.


Q: Will the light bulb light up once it has been screwed in.

A: It depends. What's the version of the SOCKET?

FOCUS - Forget old code unless strapped