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Re: Map_Set Question [message #8323 is a reply to message #6517]

Mon, 24 February 1997 00:00

Andy Loughe
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Registered: November 1995

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Tim Patterson wrote:
>
> Andy Loughe wrote:
>>
>
>> You are preaching to the choir on this one.
>> IDL often behaves worse than freeware we use here.
>> Ya' gotta wonder how happy David Stern is about these results,
>> but what bothers me is that *nothing* ever gets done about it!!!
>>
>
> Perhaps they could email out bug update reports when they
> send out those "Come and Learn IDL With US" flyers every
> few months? Even a section on current bug fixes on their
> web page would be a start.
>
> And while I'm indulging in wishful thinking, perhaps they
> could put up a list of the bug fixes made to Version 5.00 as
> well as the all the new fancy offerings they're pushing.
>
> Tim

You've missed the point.
They don't fix the bugs!

We pay good money for broken software that rarely gets fixed.
RSI is "glitz" happy. "Let's put more functionality into
our product and let the users find work-arounds to old bugs
that are too hard for us to fix. We're too busy to bother."

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