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Hello Pascal - 

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PS> Sure, that happens with Linux code to. Some of it is well
PS> documented, some is a mess. But at least having the source
PS> code available means you can try to understand it if you
PS> really want to. 

As time progresses I am less inclined to invest the time into
learning other people's code but yes, I suppose I could if I
really wanted to. 

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CA>> The trial and error thing really ticked me off at times.
CA>> Still does AMOFK when trying to 'fix' a Windows install. 

PS> Same here, and I have stopped trying to help people with
PS> their Windows installs. Sometimes they ask me for help and
PS> think that I, as a computer science student, should be able
PS> to fix their stuff. How could I, with Windows not even
PS> giving me decent error messages or any way to really find
PS> out what's going wrong inside the system. Even if I find
PS> out, then to find the right GUI tool to fix it... 

Being asked to 'fix' Windows was a constant embarassment for me
when people could not understand why I wasn't able to just _do_
it and had to look around their machine at what they had done
with it before I got there. 

CA>> People are begining to follow the Microsoft 'logic' (if
CA>> there really is any) and can document Windows 'services'
CA>> quite well considering they have no source code to do it
CA>> with. I am impressed by their ingenuity and continue to be
CA>> frustrated that Microsoft holds as much close to their
CA>> chest as they do.

PS> People around here have accepted the "trial and error" and
PS> "sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't" style as
PS> being normal. They think computing has to be this way by
PS> law of nature or something. They think the operating system
PS> crashing from time to time is normal and acceptable,
PS> nothing to worry or care about, just a fact of life. :( 

Levels of consumer expectations vary from product to product
and are about as logical as superstitions and folklore. :-) 

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