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From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.FrankLho@rcn.com>
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Subject: Re: the Ada mandate,
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"soft-eng" <softeng3456@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> NOBODY except computer programmers complain about reliability
> of Windows.  They might claim it's frustrating, but not
> unreliable.

Complains about Windows hangs and reboots have made it to TV shows such as
"Saturday Night Live", comic strips like "Dilbert" and "Cathy", and even the
pages of "Mad" magazine. It would be comforting for us Software Engineers to
believe that the general public does not notice our errors, but I assure you
that would be delusional thinking.