> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barak Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:41 PM
> To: Boulgakov Andrei; 'Shaul Karl'; Nadav Har'El
> Cc: Daniel Feiglin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Home Page Failure
>
>
> On Tuesday 07 January 2003 06:32, Boulgakov Andrei wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Shaul Karl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:26 AM
> > > To: Nadav Har'El
> > > Cc: Daniel Feiglin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Home Page Failure
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 12:25:56AM +0200, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> > > > It's probably a bug in their VB scripts that they could
> > >
> > > find in 20 minutes
> > >
> > > > instead of trying to explain why they don't fix it...
> > >
> > > Assuming that you are right, you are missing the point.
> Suppose they
> > > would fix it, isn't it likely that there are more such easy
> > > to fix bugs?
> > > And they would need to test the fix. Since they are probably not
> > > experienced with all browsers conforming writing, they might
> > > want to do
> > > it by installing another browser, or even another OS. In
> > > short, those 20
> > > minutes add up exponentially, at least from the
> management point of
> > > view. In addition, I guess that they are quite busy as it is.
> > > Hopefully
> > > I have managed to make you think, at least for a short while
> > > that it is
> > > shorter to explain why they don't fix it...
> > > I do believe that they would fix it if it was as easy as
> > > you think it
> > > is, and I do take your word about the technicality of this
> > > specific bug.
> > > We shouldn't dismiss our audience opinion that quickly,
> particularly
> > > when they are the ones who pay.
> >
> > There is another factor: If jobinfo has bought this product
> (jobinfo site),
> > they can't change source code. Do you imagine, how many
> time it takes to
> > submit to vendors a bug and to get from them patch?
> Nope
> Its VBS error - thats not compiled program, they can change
> it with any text
> editor).
> its just simple scripting language and really simple bug.
They can't, because they lose support/warranty/blah...blah from vendor. It is not Open Source :)
If they are owners and producers of the code, see factors above ( testing, decision to install patch on production machine, so on ... )
>
> Barak
> >
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