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2006-05-09 08:12:18 AM
cppbuilder67
Maybe it's because this problems are not specific to my machine
setup. Are you saying that anyone who experiences problems with
this software should buy VMWare/VPC/Par. to troubleshoot it for
Borland [for free] and/or upgrade their system to something that is
more acceptable.
IIRC, BDS costs more than a new PC. If I thought my PC was
the problem, I would have saved my money and bought a new one
(with some very cool optional add-ons).
The problems I am having with BDS have already been commited to
Comedy Central, and others are also expressing their frustrations
with the product.
Adding to that, I will never be able to duplicate these problems I am
having with the software, because I flat out uninstalled it and will not
put it back on my machine until I know for a fact that those problems
are fixxed. When BDS has been updated to the status of "release-
quality", I will consider using it. Until then it will sit in that box at
the top
of my closet.
Thanks for your input, however useless it may have been.
Nate.
"Duane Hebert" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message

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"Mark Jacobs" <www.jacobsm.com/mjmsg.htm?Borland Newsgroup>wrote:
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"Nathaniel L. Walker" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
<qc.borland.com/wc/qcmain.aspx
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returns no results
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"David Dean" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
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In article <445fdf21$ XXXX@XXXXX.COM >,
"Mark Jacobs" <www.jacobsm.com/mjmsg.htm?Borland Newsgroup>wrote:
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David,
No... I cannot. I totally uninstalled it.
" I am not kidding when I tell you that I have heard
from many people that a complete OS reinstall fixed all their BDS
instability problems."
Yes, I know what you mean. But if you read my earlier replies
you will see that that is not the case, for me, or some others. This
computer is the only computer that I use for software development
(out of 4 here, and not counting my Linux box with Kylix on it),
and I reformat and reinstall everything every 4-5 months.
I was in the Navy; a technician. I works on Fire Control systems.
Radars, Transmitters, Power Conversion Systems, UNIX Servers
and Workstations. I know how to troubleshoot both software and
hardware. I'm not the smartest person in the world, but I'm
definitely not stupid; or even ignorant, at that.
Drawing on my previous experiences, I have in fact restored a
Ghost image of my OS. It's RAW Windows XP Pro, with only
SP2 and applicable updates installed. No software, whatsoever.
I've tried installing BDS2006 first. It still leaks RAM, grinds my
computer to a halt occasionally, freezes up, has low performance when
switching desktops, etc. One day I spent over 7 hours installing and
wiping things. I've tried it with Bare BDS, BDS + Upd1, BDS + Upd1
then Upd2 , and BDS + Upd2 without first installing Upd1.
I'm definitely not installing it back, it's not worth my time.
It's still not the fault of the end user if Borland fails to adequately test
their software. In fact, an open-beta would have really worked nicely
by giving the software more exposure to more configurations of sytems
than just the very high end developer machines that alot of power-users
develop on. Even then, my computer is definitely not low end.
The problem is not with my computer, I have gone through the adequate
steps to assure myself of this. The problem is with their software.
It's buggy, and not deserving of anything other than a "Technology
Preview" title, IMHO.
Nate.
 

"David Dean" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
(for a fact) that the buggs have been commited to it.
So.. Let me repeat that.
"The problems I am having with BDS have already been commited to
Comedy Central, and others are also expressing their frustrations
with the product."
Understand now?
Nate.
P.S. I use different computers, if you search through (even this thread)
you will see that my newsgroup clients are all set to similar (but
different)
posting names. The most common seem to be "Nate Walker", "Nathaniel
Walker", and "Nathaniel L. Walker". But nice of you to check. Example
below:
<snip>
"Nate Walker" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
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In article < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >,
"Nathaniel L. Walker" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
along if they're good reports.
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David Dean wrote:
What I'd like to have nudged along is Boost compliance. It is still worse (by
measure of number of failed test) than it was for the 5.6.4 compiler.
 

...
Okay since I seem to be a bit stubborn and unforgiving I will
do the *community* a favor by reinstalling BDS2006 and
(if the native client works) participating in these QC reporting
happenings. I will get the report numbers for you, accordingly.
Nate.
"David Dean" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message

In article < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >,
Randall Parker < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
opened yet? I thought I got them all...
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David Dean wrote:
I have no idea. I do not look at QC about Boost. I figure Borland's management can
look at Boost test suite results as easy as I can.
I see over 20 more failures in the 3rd column than in the 1st column here:
bcbboost.sourceforge.net/test/1_33_1-5_8_2-0.4/cs-win32.html
 

Alan Bellingham wrote:
like windows\system32.
I don't participate in that insane practice :) And I don't put my
application folders in the PATH environment variable. So the fix are
well contained?(I think the word is).
When using several third party components with/wihout source, there is
realy no option to rebuild/relink those to use other libraries. (Too
time consuming/impossible).
This is of course nothing I do on a regular basis, but when you have
to, you have to.
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frode