Re: DOS, how long?

From: Programmer Dude (Chris_at_Sonnack.com)
Date: 10/23/03 

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:59:24 -0500

Richard Heathfield wrote:

>>> Word crashes /constantly/ for me.
>>
>> If it is indeed not hyperbolic that Word won't stay up more than
>> an hour, you *must* have something else going on. That shouldn't
>> happen. There's no reason it should.
>
> I can think of one reason. Word is crap.

[shrug] I can think of others. Whatever. Your experience stands
out as unique to mine and that of many hundreds I know (via my IT
support role).

>> ...machines started working the moment I walked in the door--I
>> could fool them into malfunctioning again by pretending to "walk
> away". What can I say, I've always had a way with machines.
>
> Check the underfloor wiring for insulation breaks and other causes
> of intermittent faults.

Intermittant electrical faults are trivial to diagnose from their
effects. The machines in question were *much* sneakier than that!

> If you think almost every Windows PC on which I've used Office
> on every client site over the last 10 years or so is screwed,...

Just to repeat, your claim then is that Word has never stayed up
for more than an hour on all these machines in all those years?

Your experience is ... anomalous. In fact, it's unique.

>>> Sure, but for small databases, text files are a delight, too. :-)
>>
>> Don't even hold a candle. Relational Database with GUI design
>> tools, Embedded Queries (GUI design or SQL, take your pick),
>> Forms (can be autogen from tables), Reports, Charts, Macros,
>> a built in full programming language, COM server....
>
> You do all that stuff for small personal databases?

I have done all those things in various small databases, yes. Most
that become mature (rather than quick knockoffs) usually end up with
most of those elements.

> And I'll still be using [text files] when your Access files are
> no longer readable except with legacy software,...

Would be a foolish person that did not migrate data to new platforms
as they become the default. Also would be a foolish person who did
not perform the occasional backup to more universal format.

>> Cut and pasted. Compiled (with no warnings at the highest level)
>> in VC++ 6.0 and works perfectly from what I can tell. Both DEBUG
>> and RELEASE versions work as expected....
>>
>> What seems to be the problem?
>
> The problem is that, on my system (and, this time, it /is/ my
> system, the program produces no output. Obviously, you don't have
> this problem.

Nor, apparently, has anyone else who's tried it.
[shrug] Whatever. 

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