From: af380 AT chebucto DOT ns DOT ca (Norman L. DeForest)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: FreeWin95 Project
Followup-To: comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Date: 20 Feb 1997 21:18:55 GMT
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Danette & Murray Root (Murray DOT Root AT mindspring DOT com) wrote:
: On 19 Feb 1997 06:02:53 GMT, af380 AT chebucto DOT ns DOT ca (Norman L. DeForest) wrote
: in comp.lang.c:

Actually, I wrote [and am writing] in comp.os.msdos.programmer but didn't 
know what newsgroup the person I was responding to was posting from so 
didn't know what newsgroups were safe to trim and still have my response 
read by him/her/it (I don't have racial prejudice -- I don't even have 
*species* prejudice).

: => That wouldn't help much.  On this other machine, how do you simulate the 
: => network load that will be on the operational system.  The only SURE test 
: => would be to duplicate your entire system and install the upgrade on that.
: => Then simulate the same load that is on the working system.

: => Of course, to do that you would need twice as many computers as you now 
: => have and would have to double your site licence to allow installing ALL 
: => of your applications on the duplicate system.  Then you need staff to use 
: => those systems to give them the same load as the working system.  Oh, and 
: => you need a few extra printers to provide for simulated network printing 
: => and you need . . . .  

: Hmmm. Don't know much about testing and automation? Do a Web search - the
: simulations you need are abundant and, relatively, inexpensive.

If you can't be sure of the software you want to test, how can you trust 
a simulation of the software?  There could be a hidden interaction 
between the simulator and the software that would give you false results.

There is a big difference between simulating an application and 
simulating an operating system.

: BTW - I don't see a relevent newsgroup in the list of newsgroups this
: stupidity is cross-posted to. c.l.c is DEFINITELY not appropriate for this 'my
: OS is better than yours' drivel. Look for something with 'advocacy' in its
: name.

I wasn't commenting about "my OS is better than yours."  I was commenting 
on the expense of testing a new system.

: Wizard's First Rule:
:     People are stupid.
: Wizard's Second Rule:
:     Never depend on the first rule.

This reminds me of Hofstadter's Law:

	"It always takes longer than you expect,
	even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

		Norman De Forest
		af380 AT chebucto DOT ns DOT ca
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