I was responsible for the Macintosh version and hence was both permitted to address the changes and criticized for impacting the Windows builds - the changes were in shared code. I would probably face legal issues if I named names. [You can always look me up in LinkedIn and, with minor detective skills, guess which product...]
From: "cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: "cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 6:57:28 PM Subject: Re: APL\360 It was thus said that the Great Norman Jaffe via cctalk once stated: > > It happened to me as well - I found hundreds of warnings in the code and, > after getting permission to address them, I was fired Wait ... you got *permission* and were still *fired*? Have I just been fortunate in where I've worked my entire career? [1] > because 'we would > have to recompile the Windows version due to the changes you made'; the > source code was reverted to the state before I made the changes. Wouldn't you have to recompile the Windows version for updates? Or was the company too cheap (or was unable to) run regression tests? > I refuse > to have their product on any system that I have involvement with... Can you name names? Or do you need to protect yourself? -spc [1] Possibly yes.