Microsoft keeps trying to shove Edge down everyone's throats just like they shoved their terrible update process that takes over a computer just when you are right in the middle of something important, that suddenly doesn't respond normally, they don't even give you the courtesy of telling you before hand. Oh for the days of XP where you had complete control over when updates installed. Why can't they go back to that?

Practically speaking, I think it is always in everyone's interest to politely point out any potential problems or issues of which one becomes aware. This needs to be done tactfully, in the form of a suggestion, not as a dictum. "You may wish to consider that [whatever is seen as an issue/problem] may be problem or issue for you later on." This way, it's the client's choice to decide what to do, and the programmer is less likely to be blamed later if the client does not take action and problems arise, although that may happen anyway. It's a case of enlightened self-interest, and most clients will appreciate the concern if it's properly disclosed. A few will be offended of criticism of their "perfect" design!! I don't know whether this is an "ethical" obligation, but it is the caring thing to do. kciszewski kenski@swbell.net

Years ago I was talking to Dr. Harry Grodski, a professor of Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. who was one of the founders of Talx Corporation (this was in the 1980s). Dr. Grodski told me of hiring a programmer who was a musician. There was originally some trepidation about the hiring, but it worked out quite well. I should point out that Western music is structured very much like a clocked logic device--the background rhythm islike the logic clock, and the various notes and chords are like the states of an algorithmic state machine. Kenneth Ciszewski