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The way to sell more computers is to include
an even faster graphics board.
I don’t agree.
All of the major graphics
vendors use such tricks and hacks. (examples: jump table
patching in OpenGL, AGP support for NT 4.0)
That doesn’t make it a good idea. OR even a responsible practice.
Hacking the OS is bad, one point for you, but sometimes
customers want features that are not otherwise feasible
without creating potentially dangerous code. Did you ever
turn your head to see the customers standpoint?
Sure… The customer standpoint is PRECISELY my issue. You can’t do ANYTHING
on your system… Play games, do online publishing, video editing, or
anything, if your system has crashed.
The way to sell more computers is to make them more stable.
If “customers want features that are not otherwise feasible without creating
potentially dangerous code” then there’s a problem, right? Don’t we, as
professional engineers, not have a responsibility to the user community
other than to wantonly pander to every irresponsible desire?
That responsibility might be to advocate for safe methods to achieve
customer requirements within an appropriate operating system framework.
IF your kids want to eat nothing but candy, do you let them?
Peter
OSR
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