Re: WARNING
Steve Pothier (starnet!apple!saic.com!pothiers)
Thu, 3 Nov 94 07:41:35 MST
I can imagine several ways MC corp could have solved their problem
differently. I would hope that "stand-alone" MC stacks would never be
subject to "expiration". Expiration should be aimed at developers
(not end-users) since the developers are the people most likely to
submit bug reports. At the very least, I would expect a warning to be
displayed by all engines containing time-bombs (eg. when a beta engine
is started it says "WARNING: This MetaCard engine (1.4B2) will expire
on November 1, 1994").
Boy, do I wish I didn't send the previous message to the SIG!
Shortly after I sent it, Scott (from MetaCard Corp.) sent me email
saying that they would work on a "middle ground" solution in the next
cycle. He was trying to tell me that as I was sending my posting to
the sig but our mailer wasn't letting his message through.
-Pothier-