rational
Posted in General on 10/22/2004 09:56 pm by katRational. According to dictionary.com, the word “rational” means “having or exercising the ability to reason.” I have a small problem with this word.
Well, okay, it’s not the word that I have a problem with. It’s the software company that goes by this name (well, they formerly went by this name, before they recently got bought by IBM, but that’s another story). Rational. This is a suite of products that are supposed to make my life as a designer and programmer, as well as my boss’ life as a program manager, easier. At work we use mainly ClearCase, ClearQuest, RoseRT, RequisitePro and SoDA. I’ll let you guys look all of those up.
Needless to say, when I got moved onto the new system, I got to be the test subject (aka guinea pig) for seeing how Rational Enterprise Suite 2003 works with the rest of our software. Heh. Right. The operative word in that sentence is “works.” It doesn’t. It’s that simple. The sad thing is is that there is nothing rational about the problems. Nobody has any clue why the software on my computer doesn’t want to play nicely. Grrr.
If anyone wants to know what I do from 7:00am – 4:00pm, well, this is it for the past 3 weeks. I have fought with my computer and opened way too many tickets with our HelpDesk to stay sane. I think tomorrow night before we head to the concert (Jimmy Eats World and The Killers), I am going to get happily drunk just to forget this week so that I can enjoy the concert. Growl. Rational, my bottom. *grumble*