Re: [Botzilla-discuss] What is the status of Tuesday's Tournament ?

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>Management are VERY much against setting one product team against
>another - they see it as promoting an "us and them" situation that
>would be detrimental to company spirit.   Personally, I think that's
>just bogus and the benefits of building team spirit is worth it.

Hmm....getting together and competing against another product group that=
 most of us never interact with....and that's a bad thing?  I have seen =
that many of the product groups, and even the product lines have been "l=
ocked in" and rarely interact outside their product groups.  I for one r=
arely know, for example, what the other product groups are doing with co=
de I only wrote a few months ago.  In fact, one of the engineers loved a=
 change I made that he incorporate into his load.  This is not a critics=
m of L-3, it happens everywhere.  I thing getting engineers together and=
 competing is a great thing (can we say golf?)  I have learned more abou=
t the company and other products by the interaction with other people in=
 competitive aspects.  And afterwards everyone goes out and has a beer (=
or other beverage of choice) and we talk about what a great time we had.=
  =


I'm probably preaching to the choir.


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