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> my experience exactly
>
> hate updates. IMHO, they're just sales tactics to get you to buy newer,
> "faster" hardware now that they updated your old hardware into complete junk by
> making it run far more "optimizations" than it can deal with...
I am currently employed full-time to write these "updates".
You know we actually spend all day, every day, trying to actually
improve our product?
Sadly, sometimes you try to improve the product and end up actually
making it worse. For example, we deleted a load of crufty old code and
replaced it with a single, streamlined class which is far smaller,
simpler, easier to test, etc. Unfortunately, it also exposed a Linux
kernel bug whereby our product can't read HFS+ filesystems anymore. :-S
I assure you, we didn't break HFS+ support on purpose! Indeed, a few
kernel updates later, and it's working again. It's weird like that
sometimes...
OTOH, I've seen updates where you seriously have to wonder if the
manufacturer is actually trying to make you stop using the product.
(E.g., why does Windows 8 exist?)
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Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I assure you, we didn't break HFS+ support on purpose! Indeed, a few
> kernel updates later, and it's working again. It's weird like that
> sometimes...
oh my
andrew is involved in android updates! o_0
that explains a lot jk
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> Sadly, sometimes you try to improve the product and end up actually
> making it worse. For example, we deleted a load of crufty old code and
> replaced it with a single, streamlined class which is far smaller,
> simpler, easier to test, etc. Unfortunately, it also exposed a Linux
> kernel bug whereby our product can't read HFS+ filesystems anymore. :-S
But of course that came up in testing before you released the update... ;-)
I assume the issue with Android is that it is expected to run on 1000
different combinations of hardware and it would be impractical to
thoroughly test on all the devices, especially the ones that haven't
been on sale for a few years.
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On 09/10/14 21:25, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
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> I am currently employed full-time to write these "updates".
>
So now we know who to blame ;-)
> You know we actually spend all day, every day, trying to actually
> improve our product?
>
Really?
<snip>
> OTOH, I've seen updates where you seriously have to wonder if the
> manufacturer is actually trying to make you stop using the product.
> (E.g., why does Windows 8 exist?)
... A good question.
5000 words on the subject by our next tutorial, please ... and that
includes you two, Henderson and Macavoy.
John
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Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 10/10/2014 16:25, Doctor John wrote:
> On 09/10/14 21:25, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>
>> I am currently employed full-time to write these "updates".
>>
>
> So now we know who to blame ;-)
>
>> You know we actually spend all day, every day, trying to actually
>> improve our product?
>>
>
> Really?
>
> <snip>
>
>> OTOH, I've seen updates where you seriously have to wonder if the
>> manufacturer is actually trying to make you stop using the product.
>> (E.g., why does Windows 8 exist?)
>
It exists to drive people to Windows 10.
(I hate it!
)^2.125401807
> .... A good question.
> 5000 words on the subject by our next tutorial, please ... and that
> includes you two, Henderson and Macavoy.
>
Yes dear doctor. And a quicker response if you spell my name correctly.
The Mac is abbreviated and the "a" is capitalised as all proper names
are in English. :-P
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Regards
Stephen
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On 10/10/14 17:53, Stephen wrote:
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> Yes dear doctor. And a quicker response if you spell my name correctly.
> The Mac is abbreviated and the "a" is capitalised as all proper names
> are in English. :-P
>
Sorry. Slip of the fingers
... but, for answering back, you will provide 10,000 words by tomorrow.
John
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Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 10/10/2014 18:03, Doctor John wrote:
> Sorry. Slip of the fingers
Accepted :-)
> ... but, for answering back, you will provide 10,000 words by tomorrow.
Yer bum's oot the windie.
Old chum. ;-)
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Regards
Stephen
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On 10/10/2014 01:16 PM, scott wrote:
>> Sadly, sometimes you try to improve the product and end up actually
>> making it worse. For example, we deleted a load of crufty old code and
>> replaced it with a single, streamlined class which is far smaller,
>> simpler, easier to test, etc. Unfortunately, it also exposed a Linux
>> kernel bug whereby our product can't read HFS+ filesystems anymore. :-S
>
> But of course that came up in testing before you released the update... ;-)
Naturally.
> I assume the issue with Android is that it is expected to run on 1000
> different combinations of hardware and it would be impractical to
> thoroughly test on all the devices, especially the ones that haven't
> been on sale for a few years.
We recently moved our product from only working on hardware supplied by
us, to working on ANY arbitrary PC that meets the minimum specifications.
This causes an explosion of possible test combinations. And the entire
company is 10 people. Oh, did I mention we have no money? We can't
assortment of PCs to test the product on...
...I guess that makes the customer the beta tester? :-S
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On 10/10/2014 20:27, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> ...I guess that makes the customer the beta tester? :-S
The name of the game. :-(
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Stephen
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On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:25:24 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
> ... A good question.
> 5000 words on the subject by our next tutorial, please ... and that
> includes you two, Henderson and Macavoy.
(Because.) * 5000
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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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