Re: LogicWare's Wolfenstein 3D BUG!

[deven@MCS.COM (DEVEN ATKINSON)]

In article <34F07C59.EBF270AE@swbell.net>,
Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat writes ...
>> 
>> In <34F01EAC.461AA0BE@swbell.net> Rubywand writes:
>> 
>> > Wolf-3D crashes. That is a fact. The game has a BUG, Sir, a big fat
>> > BUG!
>> >
>> > Rubywand
>> 
>> Ruby,
>> 
>> A bug describes program code created by a programmer with a
>> temporarily flawed logic, too much alcohol in his blood,
>> or his crying 3-years old kid on the phone. Wolfy is just
>> triggering this bug, but it needs GUPP to fix this and not
>> a hack in Wolfy. Are you unhappy with Wolfy's flawless design?
>>
>> Herr schmeiss Hirn vom Himmel.
>> 
>> - henrik
>
>     Dear Henrik, a "flawless design" that does not work is like a rose
>that smells bad. 
>     So, Wolfenstein 3D, the game id Software handed to LogicWare in a
>good-faith gesture to Apple II users, has managed to get through
>play-testing with a mysterious feature which triggers an OS bug on many
>if not all machines running the most popular GS telecom utility. And
>(surprise, surprise) it "needs GUPP"!
>
>     Speaking of things which 'smell bad', it is about time to end this
>little charade. Today seems like an especially good day for Logicware to
>issue an apology to users for the unfortunate presence of a bug and to
>promise a game fix, soon, which will allow Wolfenstein 3D to run
>correctly under the standard OS.
>
>Rubywand

Jeff,
  I encountered this same senerio at work.  I explained it to the customer
this way:  If your car hits a pot hole and bottoms out, is it the fault
of the car?  Should you run out and put stiffer shocks?  Or should you get
the pot hole fixed?
  Perhaps the car builder should call and applogize to you because you
hit a pothole.
  We are lucky to have W3D.  We are even luckier to have GUPP because
Apple won't fix it.  You should be thanking these people instead of
ripping them.


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Regards,
Deven D. Atkinson
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