(Excerpts from a message dated 11-08-99, Bat Lang to Murray Lesser)

Hi Bat--

 ML> You might take the time some day to check out how many of the new
 ML> files in your newest FixPak replace those same-named files that
 ML> were updated in a previous FixPak.

BL>What else would one expect, given that each of these FP's includes
  >everything 'good' that was in each of the earlier FP's? At least
  >IIRC? Some file replaced by FP1 (and not changed since), will appear
  >in each subsequent FP. Not so??

   It will, but the file list in the back of the latest README will tell
the date at which each file was updated.  If this is a second update for
a particular file, that same file will appear in a previous FixPak list
with an earlier date--an indication that it (most likely) is a second
fix for a bug introduced in the first fix :-(.  The information is all
available in the documentation, if you would only look.

 RH>My advice now would be to get to the current version of OS/2.

BL>I second that advice. FP12 serves me as well as it does RH.

    Nonsense!  Even assuming that FixPak 12 is bug free (which I doubt),
there is no value to me in applying a FixPak to a system that isn't
broken (as far as my usage is concerned) unless it adds new function
that I would find to be useful (which none since Warp 4 FixPak 5 have
done).  You and RH may get pleasure from being able to brag that you are
operating at the highest Warp level.  But I spent too many years being
paid to live on computing's bleeding edge to do it for fun.  AFAIAC, the
tagline is still valid.

    Regards,

        --Murray

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