On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:57:04 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >I would infer that IBM wants to know whether it warrants an immediate >fix or whether FIN is an acceptable resolution. FIN does not mean >never, and I've even opened ETR's in which I suggested that FIN was >appropriate. > I received off-list a communication from an IBM employee explaining that the purpose is to gather statistics for quality control; it did not mention assigning priority of response.
Yet I wonder, if the flaw had been discovered internal to IBM during engineering test, would it have been repaired (just because it's the right thing to do), or might schedule pressure have sent the product to market with the flaw. I doubt that the behavior I reported was tested; most likely that no one thought of the critical combination of inputs; less likely that it was deemed insufficiently important to test. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
