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1 total messages Started by francois.grieu Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:32
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Author: francois.grieu
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:32
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be faulted for not using two orders of magnitude fewer lines for
          demonstrating the error. A small fragment of code can be emailed.
 
        o If the problem is compile-time, email the relevant C/C++
          preprocessor output snippet. The comments by the programmer in the
          email transfer state THE CODE DOESN'T COMPILE ANYWAY.
 
        o Have the vendor deliver a "debug" version of their product. That
          would be a good use for email. Sun Microsystems does that with a
          C++ product for us, their customer. Email the results back.
 
        o Have the vendor visit to troubleshoot.
 
        o Requested a login via SecureID and Salomon's netblazer, supporting
          28.8 PPP (TCP/IP for windowing connectivity) for the vendor. Let
          them transfer in any tools they need to troubleshoot.
          Short-term access.
 
        o If it is truly necessary to transfer a large amount of code, such as
          Informix working to convert a large Sybase app, then take the time
          to write a shell script that (using say 'sed') scrambles the names
          of environment variables, and be sure to hand-ruin any proprietary
          algorithms.
 
    Why is transfer of Salomon proprietary source to a vendor's site the last
    step to try? Because Salomon loses control over the code. In the Informix
    /Sybase case, the vendor Informix requested (and received) another copy
    of the code "because I lost the previous copy".
 
    Two emails between the pair are enclosed.
 
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:Sender:    sara@sbixxx            [sara xxxxxxxxxx XXX-NJ]
:Recipient: xxxxxxx@roguewave.com  [Dennis xxxxxxx]
:Subject:   Re: (Fwd) Re: (Fwd) rw...
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Hi Dennis,
 
The last patch didn't help, here's some other code that will also
trigger the bug.
 
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