Subject: And the Twelve Bugs of Christmas ....

        For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             See if they can do it again.

        For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Say they need an upgrade
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Find a way around it
             Say they need an upgrade
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Blame it on the hardware
             Find a way around it
             Say they need an upgrade
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Change the documentation
             Blame it on the hardware
             Find a way around it
             Say they need an upgrade
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Say it's not supported
             Change the documentation
             Blame it on the hardware
             Find a way around it
             Say they need an upgrade
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

        For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
             Tell them it's a feature
             Say it's not supported
             Change the documentation
             Blame it on the hardware
             Find a way around it
             Say they need an upgrade
             Reinstall the software
             Ask for a dump
             Run with the debugger
             Try to reproduce it
             Ask them how they did it and
             See if they can do it again.

                                            -- Cary Hobson
                                               hobson@pipper.enet.dec.com

        David                       robinson@knuth.mtsu.edu
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Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
--Liz

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