[149] in magellan
Re: First draft of the "Buy" alternative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert V. Ferrara)
Thu Apr 22 17:02:28 1999
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990422091807.00c4f730@po11.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:01:29 -0500
To: Mike Barker <mbarker@mit.edu>, "Reid M. Pinchback" <reidmp@mit.edu>
From: "Robert V. Ferrara" <rferrara@MIT.EDU>
Cc: magellan@mit.edu, delivery@mit.edu, integration-ptl@mit.edu
Hello, sorry to cause any confusion but this what Jim wrote:
>Bob ---- I think that this is a good move. You will want to make
> sure that there is input from the other three processes before
>the result gets cast in "stone."...........................jim
>
In other words, this is not to be just a Discovery/Delivery exercise.
Cheers, Bob
At 9:24 AM -0400 4/22/99, Mike Barker wrote:
>Since I had to read this three times to figure out what the difference is,
>allow me to rephrase:
>
>A. Jim Bruce wants all the Processes to be involved in each buy
>investigation (i.e., the buy process could be designed by anyone, but
>implementing it must involve all Processes).
>
>B. Jim Bruce wants all the Processes to be involved in designing the buy
>investigation process (i.e. the design process must include all Processes,
>although the buy process itself may or may not).
>
>C. Jim Bruce wants all the Processes involved in designing the buy
>investigation process AND in carrying out each buy investigation.
>
>I suppose there is a logical fourth possibility -- NONE of the above, we've
>misunderstood completely what Jim's concern is.
>
>mike
>
>At 08:52 AM 4/22/99 -0400, Reid M. Pinchback wrote:
>:)At 06:05 PM 4/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>:)>Jim Bruce wants to ensure all the Processes have a hand in formulating the
>:)>result.
>:)
>:)Request for clarification. Do you mean:
>:)
>:)A. For any given investigation into a "buy" alternative, Jim wants
>:) all the processes to be involved in that investigation.
>:)
>:)B. Jim wants all the processes to be involved in designing the
>:) process by which we do "buy" investigations.
>:)
>:)C. All of the above.
>:)
>:)
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