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To: van wang who wrote (22845)	3/21/1998 1:36:00 PM
From: Satyr	Respond to of 97611

Good point but if this thread is just to post new ideas and information then i guess it will consist of about 10 posts a day and most of what you have posted would of been unnecessary as it had already been posted in one form or another. I guess it comes down to we should only post what we want not what others want.

To: van wang who wrote (22845)	3/21/1998 1:46:00 PM
From: robbie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

van wang, there's a silly reason we haven't heard yet: "Sell all your CPQ stock, their computers are too fast". Thanks for that real useful info there vw. Robbie

To: van wang who wrote (22845)	3/22/1998 12:35:00 AM
From: Richard Ruscio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

vv, I agree with you, but the story you posted scares me. Too fast: 1) stuff built to run "at machine speed" like games, is poor design. 2) stuff that "crashes" implies timing conflicts, where the programmer "bet" that events would occur in a certain sequence, but didn't assure it. Sloppy design is sloppy design. Let's weed the bad ones out with the Compaq model - free fast machines for everyone :-) Too bad about Paychex - I'd have hoped the hometown team would do better. rr