A reply, that grew long.
I wanted to post this as a reply to the blog post “ I know you'd have a test case for this !!! ” by Ajay, but since the reply grew long, I posted it on my blog. I agree with James Bach stating that this is a platform issue. It’s very clear that the issue reported here is more to do with the platform than the application itself. This makes me wonder why Windows XP was chosen to run such an application. There could have been many reasons like ease of compatibility, familiarity, db connectivity, interoperability, ease of development, etc. However one needs to keep in mind that Win XP is not designed to just run in the background, it is an end-user interface for applications. So, Win XP should have been customized to meet the needs of deployment. Now let me try answering the questions posted in the blog. Is it a bug? How risky is it to ignore such messages? If I go by the definition used by James and Michael “A bug is something that bugs somebody ...