| Subject | RE: [ib-support] Re: BUG IN FIREBIRD |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2001-11-16T15:01:27Z |
At 11:48 AM 16-10-01 -0500, Mike Grover wrote:
In the case of bugs that can't be "quick-fixed" the workaround (and there nearly always is one) is known within hours.
Microsoft, Borland, Oracle and IBM can't lick that. For them "Bug" hurts and, like surgeons, they bury their mistakes. For us, "Bug" motivates.
H.
All for Open and Open for All
InterBase Developer Initiative ยท http://www.interbase2000.org
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>Yes, the word "BUG" scares us programmer's <g>In Open Source, "Bug" should give you great comfort. In the first place, we have hackers whose favourite occupation is to FIND bugs. In the second place, we have some very fine C programmers who can analyse bug reports and provide virtually instant confirmation of a bug or (as in this case) a just as instant explanation of the bug in *your* code that caused the wrong behaviour.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ann W. Harrison [mailto:aharrison@...]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:34 AM
>To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ib-support] Re: BUG IN FIREBIRD
In the case of bugs that can't be "quick-fixed" the workaround (and there nearly always is one) is known within hours.
Microsoft, Borland, Oracle and IBM can't lick that. For them "Bug" hurts and, like surgeons, they bury their mistakes. For us, "Bug" motivates.
H.
All for Open and Open for All
InterBase Developer Initiative ยท http://www.interbase2000.org
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