RE: Software Vendors -- MIDRANGE-L


I agree, even if I am the guilty party that started it.  :))

Debbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Terry Richardson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 10:39 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Software Vendors
> 
> 
> This thread long ago stopped conveying any useful information-I vote to
> abandon it.  At this point it's turned into a pathetic pissing contest of
> absolutely no value.  
> 
> There-got THAT off my chest.
> 
> Terry Richardson
> Sr. P/A
> The Orvis Company, Inc.
> 802-362-8663
> 
> 
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Jim Langston [SMTP:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
>       Sent:   Tuesday, 1999-December-07 10:13 AM
>       To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>       Subject:        Re: Software Vendors
> 
>       I know that program was bug free, users of the program
>       know it was bug free, my boss even knew it was bug free
>       (so he stuck a bug in it).
> 
>       I ain't gotta prove it.
> 
>       The fact of the matter is, the program was bug free, no matter
>       what anyone says to the contrawise.
> 
>       Why don't you prove my bug DID have a bug in it?  In this
>       country we are innocent until proven guilty.
> 
>       Regards,
> 
>       Jim Langston
> 
>       Evan Harris wrote:
> 
>       > <SNIP>
>       > Jim, in all seriousness, the point they are making is not that
> your program
>       > might not be bug free, just that testing etc does not prove it and
> that
>       > therefore you can't state absolutely that your program is bug
> free.
> 
>       <SNIP
> 
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