Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: TNAN0@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: Version D to E upgrades... Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 91 01:00:00 GMT Lines: 21 Return-path: To: handhelds@gac.edu X-VMS-To: IN%"handhelds@gac.edu" "Use some common sense before you jump on the bandwagon and bombard Corvallis with used calculators." My sole defense for wanting an unflawed ROM is this: I want to keep the resale value of my calculator as high as possible. As a side-line, HP should have tested their ROMs more thoroughly... If they didn't even try to invert a matrix larger than 8x8, they deserve the penalty of replacing every flawed calculator. It is not OUR fault that the entire calculator must be replaced. HP, in their infinite wisdom, could have worked out a scheme where the ROMs were replacable. Software is covered by the same warranties that hardware is - it is to be free from manufacture defects... Revision Ds are flawed, and so are A, B, and Cs... If I bought a car and the 2nd gear position on my automatic transmission control didn't work, I'd sure have it fixed even if I didn't use it! Anyway, I believe that companies (especially in America) are getting far to relaxed about quality control. HP should strive for ZERO DEFECTS and that means rigorous testing of the software they put into their calculators. ---Xeno P.S. Speaking of defects, "to" six lines up should be "too." ;-)