RE: When is a bug a bug?

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think a point is that it shouldn't matter what application was used.
If running an application causes the system to reboot, there's a
problem. 

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: When is a bug a bug?
> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, March 07, 2005 10:48 am
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > From: Steve Richter
> > 
> > so it was opening the document as an attachment?  Running a non
> > Microsoft viewer, dare I suggest an IBM/Lotus executable was opening
> > the attachment?
> 
> No Lotus software installed on this machine.
> 
> 
> > > The completely documented and consistently enforced lack of
> > > multi-threading in the interactive environment is simply a design
> > > decision that resulted in a missing feature.
> > 
> > a design decision to allow multiple threads in all subsystems but the
> > interactive one.  What design would that be?
> 
> The design in which the overhead to support multi-threading was deemed
> unnecessary in the interactive environment.
> 
> Steve, I respectfully suggest you switch platforms, and just stop
> working with the iSeries altogether.  But I'm not going to address any
> more of your issues.  That should make us all happier <grin>.
> 
> Joe
> 
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