On Thu, 23 May 2002, P Witte wrote:
> > And have the ability to test it on any and every hardware combination, or
> > on hardware that may itself be under development and changing ten times a
> > day.
>
> I wonder if this really is the provenance of the registrar. The
> platform-specific stuff could surely be managed on the technical level by
> the developer(s) responsible?
Very much so. He has to establish that submitted code meets the
style guide, plus quality of service and compatibility requirements. To do
this, he would have to have access to multiple platforms.
> > It is only natural for someone to try and get the best working environment
> > possible, be they user, developer, reseller or God! ;)
>
> God seems to have made rather a mess of things so perhaps His is not such
> a good example ;)
The "God" was actually referring to the Registrar, and I don't think he's
made a mess of things at all ;P
Dave
