Re: Robust design for dosdis expire

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 00:00

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John Washington (john@wash.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> Nevertheless, I've heard a number of people express similar
> views, and nobody apart from Malcolm concerned to keep the
> present behaviour.  I sympathise with Malcolm -- usually in
> such situations one goes ahead, makes the change, and suddenly
> people spring out of the woodwork screaming.  Maintenance
> can be a no-win occupation!

> But I suspect this one is fairly safe, as long as the
> statistics are presented in a way that makes it clear
> that they're incomplete.

Please remember that I produce the programme as supported by the team
at Demon. I must consider the impact every change is going to have on
support. Inaccurate stats are liable to generate calls from confused
users. You do not have this concern for 'unsupported' changes.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                               Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                    322 Regents Park Road
England                                       London N3 2QQ

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Date: 1996/04/28
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