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Dana B Bourgeois <FelineGrace@cup.portal.com> writes in
Message-ID: <18977@cup.portal.com>

> Valentin wants to add a requester that pops up when protected memory is
> accessed in an unnacceptable way.  The requester would tell you what
> happened in the system with task xxx and task yyy and give you choices
> on what to do about it.  I *like* the idea because it gives me flexi-
> bility with my old software on new hardware
>
>                         **  BUT **
>
> what about Harold Super-Manager who isn't a whiz-bang computer nerd and
> just wants to point and shoot.  He gets the new A3500 with the latest
> silicon and the fastest doohickeys and MEMORY-PROTECTION!!  Suddenly all
> his applications are popping up these requesters asking him to make
> decisions about the innards of the OS.  Doesn't sound like a good move
> to make marketing-wise.  How can you handle that problem?  People who
> don't want to know how it works, they just want it to work and keep on
> working.

1. By the time the A3500 comes out, devellopers better get their act straight.
2. Meanwhile the manager can call the develloper's support line to ask what
   option he should choose on the requester.
3. In case of doubt, choose "Guru".
4. In case of doubt, choose "Allow all future accesses" (for adventurous types)

The requester will be confusing at first, but just like users have learned to
type "dir", "copy" and "delete", they will now learn one more trick.

Valentin
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