Re: Informix Bug: Fetch Last
Posted in 1997
> [snipped my original tirade] > Wouldn't it be great if software companies accepted product liability > for defects? Who would trade fewer features for a greater guarantee > that > they worked? I would. > Definitely!!!Do you think we could convince them to come out with 2 versions of everything (since feature-itis plagues so much software these days)? One being the robust simple one, and the other being the glitchy one with all the bells and whistles. Of course they could charge more for the buggy version. > The answer to the waste of time problem seems to be to play dumb and > lure the Informix Tech Support person into connecting to your system > by > modem and seeing the problem themselves. You do need to set up a > playpen > for them. > Good idea, I like it. > Peter > -- > Peter Lancashire > Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc > Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK > Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 > Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk > My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. > > Sorry. > All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. -- - Danny Wright danwright@bigfoot.com #include <stddisclaimers.h> Every program can be reduced by at least one line, and contains at least one bug, therefore by induction, every program can be reduced to one line which doesn't work.