On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:17:13AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
quoted text > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:40:14AM -0700, Chris wrote:
>
> > I can see from the recent undeadly posts and pictures that most
> > developers are using laptops and I know you have to run -current to do
> > development work. I was just wondering if these laptops are for
> > development use only or development+personal use? I know -current can
> > break sometimes and am just curious to know if developers risk putting
> > personal stuff on a laptop that is being used for active development.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Ehh, for me personal use very much equals development (plus some mail
> and browsing of cousre).
>
> If developers don't run current, bugs will be found too late. If
> current isn't good enough, developers will be bitten, and action will
> be taken VERY soon.
>
> Data destroying bugs are really rare in any case. Data loss caused by
> hardware going broken or personal mistakes is much more likely.
>
> I like what art@ said a long time ago: if your work destroys itself,
> it's not good enough.
>
> Kind of genetic programming without all the AI fluff ;-)
>
> -Otto
>
Also, if you happen to lose important stuff that you had not backed up
then it's kind of deserved, -current or not ;-)
Gilles
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Gilles Chehade
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