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message: 2
date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:36:12 -0500
from: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] WDSCI-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 692
From: Bill Barnes
I have a brand new laptop with 2GB of memory and running Windows XP
with
all patches and service packs up to date. I am on V7 and updated it
Tuesday.
I have Surveyor, Outlook and a 5250 session open. V7 was installed
over
2 months ago and has been updated since then.
Okay. So you've had the package for two days, so let's see how it
works,
shall we?
I think You misread I said 2 months not 2 days (BB).
How about it may be
another of those bugs that IBM can't duplicate?
Typically I would try to reproduce the error before I blamed the
product.
Windows is a flaky operating system and if you can't cause an error to
happen regularly, you can't automatically blame the program.
You have just validated part of my argument. I know Windows is a flaky
OS and I don't understand why so many companies (mine included) are
trying to tka all their eggs from a stable environment and putting them
in a glass environment.
The SQL/IF bug has been acknowledged by Nazmin as being real.
Yes it has. They weren't able to reproduce it, and now they are. It's
intermittent and they are working on it.
As I have said, I use RSE and for
the most part like it. I also think it needs a lot more work (like
most
Windows based apps) before it is solid.
I don't know. Maybe because I've written Windows applications I
appreciate
the work involved and I'm less likely to worry about some errors. But
to
me, WDSC is about as stable an application as I've seen; certainly as
stable
as Office or even Windows itself.
Joe
Unfortunately when I was upgraded(?) to a laptop I was also upgraded(?)
to Office 2007. Excel has a known bug, the look and feel of the whole
suite was changed and since I don't use it all the time it was, and is
annoying. I am using RSE and think it has great potential. I love the
outline view and being able to have 2 views of the same program up. I
think the way 2 different programs can be displayed is foolish thinking
on method. For whatever reason V7 does not seem to work the same way V6
did and it takes a little more finesse to get the second window open. A
function key or tab would be much more straightforward. I think that
much of windows is driven by folks who do not have a sense of business
and how that works. It is more form than function and may be driven by
the gaming market. Bells and whistles garner attention but getting to
the station on time is still the most important issue.
I will continue to use RSE until I retire and will continue to voice my
opinion until then. You and I are a lot alike and neither of us is
right or wrong all the time.
Bill
midrange.com
