30 Jan
2021
30 Jan
'21
4:05 a.m.
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 at classiccmp.org>
To: "cctalk" <cctalk at 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.