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Things to say when you are losing a tech argument

I've grabbed an excerpt from things to say when you are losing a tech argument to share with you here.

I've never said any of these things, really - never passed my lips. Although I may have heard one or two used in my office from time to time...

# That won't scale.
# There are, of course, various export limitations on that technology.
# The syntax is idiosyncratic.
# That can't be generalized to a cross-platform build.
# Unfortunately, the license would contaminate our product.
# Our support infrastructure simply can't handle the volume that change would involve.
# Yes, well, that's just not the way things work in the real world.
# I like your idea. Why don't you write up a white paper and we'll review it at the next staff meeting?
# I think you need to stop taking this so personally. We need to think about what's best for the project, not about our own little pet theories.
# Why don't we make a generalized solution including both options, and let the administrator decide with a config-file setting?
# We can't afford the transaction overhead.
# What kind of benchmarks have you been running?
# Let's table this for now, and we'll talk about it one-on-one off-line.
# This really doesn't jibe with our core competency.

And then there's the one that I wish I'd used before I heard about it here:

# Yeah, or we could all just plink away on Amigas or something.

Who else lives in this world besides me? I know you're out there, with your little Dilbert neckties!

posted by Brian @ 9:41 AM