Re: safe mode

Frisbee® wrote:
> "JaR" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns97117260DAF8BMisanthrope@207.46.248.16...
>> In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Jtyc spewed across the ether:
>>
>>>> Thankfully, we still have Microsoft.
>>>
>>> You think Bill is still testing us?
>>>
>>
>> Where would be the fun if all software "just worked"?
>>
>> Or the jobs, for that matter.
>
> Much like the idea of the forever battery, the 1000 mpg automobile,
> etc. it would not make economic sense for a program to be 100%
> bug-free. That's why you won't find a programmer who is capable of
> writing completely bug-free software. In the early days, there was
> some software that was bug-free, but the companies that wrote them
> quickly went out of business because there was no need for technical
> support. And since the programs had every feature any user could
> ever possibly want, there was no need to upgrade the software for
> future upgrade fees.
> These days, the perfect programmer has either disappeared, or has
> learned to use his mad programming skillz for evil, and is therefore
> in high demand. Your typical bad programmer will not do, as while he
> or she can write really bad code that will ensure that there will be
> a need for technical support and updates, their code is often so bad,
> that the program oft times cannot be fixed at all, and hence you get
> the company going out of business again.
> These new age skilled demon programmers are capable of placing
> ingeniously designed "features" into the software which will cause
> the client problems, but only after having enough time for the check
> to clear, and for the client to have become completely invested in
> the software, to where they must purchase technical support and
> upgrades in versions, whether they want the new features or not.
>
> Ironically, this marketing scheme has even crept into the developer
> market itself. Various third-party component developers, such as
> Component One, create grids and other ActiveX controls with
> intentional brick walls in them. Then they charge a yearly fee so
> that you can get upgrades with all new brick walls in them. When you
> report a problem in their high-tech newsgroups, they have a bot or
> two that reply "Download the latest version and try again!"
Unfortunately,
> if you are not on their income stream, you will
> download their latest update, which will fix your reported problem,
> but also introduce new problems, one of which is that you now have
> "trialware" instead of your older, buggier version. Ingenious
> programmers, have they. All previous bugs are fixed! And new,
> exciting ones await, as you read all the other messages in the
> forums.
> Ah, to be such a skilled developer, making the big bucks, and
> laughing all the way to the embankment.

<meanoldman>
too long. too lazy.
</meanoldman>
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