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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Who did it!
Keywords: Crash, GURU, Alert
Message-ID: <180@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 88 03:06:02 GMT
Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
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I have a suggestion.  Lots of people worry about the Amiga crashing
when they are using it in a multitasking mode.  We all know that by
and large improperly written software (including COMMERCIAL) is
responsible for this.  The effect of improperly written software is
multiplied in a multitasking environment.  The result has been in
giving the Amiga a reputation of crashing easily, even though the
operating system is not responsible in most case.  I don't know if
this is doable, since I haven't given it a lot of thought, but what we
need is a utility that sits in the background and points a finger (via
a requester) at the software that was responsible for the crash.  I
would bet that a lot of COMMERCIAL software would get cleaned up
really fast due to customer pressure, and poor public domain software
would not get used.  The point here is that if we know which software
is bad we won't use it.

What do you all think?

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