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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Scorched Earth v1.2 Full of Bugs
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.225312.29145@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 22:53:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.185707.2967@news.columbia.edu> kra@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Kenneth R Aron) writes:
- >[flame on]
- >You people! This poor guy writes a program and uploads it for
- >all our use, and all you can do is bitch him out. If you notice,
- >it was written by Wendell Hicken, not Hicken Software, or
- >anything else that would imply a company with the resources to
- >beta-test every possible hardware combination. Let's see you do
- >better!
- >[flame off]
-
- Does that mean that the bugs are not supposed to be reported, then? Sure,
- flaming him outright is not very ethical, but pointing out bugs in the
- program actually *helps*. You can't fix a problem if you don't know it
- exists!
- I agree that he is an excellent program, and that Scorch is one of the
- best shareware deals on the market, but the latest version has two major
- bugs. It's not a flame...it's a fact. And I am sure that Mr. Hicken wants
- to be aware of the bugs so that: 1) He can have a record of them, 2) The
- bugs can fixed in a later version, if necessary, and 3) Options for averting
- the bugs can be presented.
- Don't get too upset. Ther is nothing wrong with reporting a bug in a
- program. And, if you present a program to the public that has bugs in,
- with or without your knowledge, you are going to hear some feedback. It's
- a risk you take when you distribute software...whether it be commercial,
- shareware, or otherwise.
-
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- John Mechalas "I'm not an actor, but
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