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Subject:Re: p.c. way to say "crashing" From:Keith Arnett <keith_arnett -at- RESTON -dot- OMD -dot- STERLING -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:23:06 -0500
One engineer I worked with insisted on saying something like, "the
program may terminate unexpectedly."
Keith Arnett
Technical Writer
Sterling Software, Inc./Operations Managment Division
Reston VA USA
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Subject: p.c. way to say "crashing"
Author: Lizak Kristin <LizakKristin -at- jdcorp -dot- deere -dot- com> at INTERNET
Date: 6/4/98 8:48 AM
I am looking for ideas. Marketing wants me to rewrite a sentence that refers
to your software program crashing. Obviously "crashing" is not a good word,
and they don't like "program quits responding."
This is for an addendum to the Users Guide. A part of the program was fixed,
and we are looking for a tactful (i.e. "flowery") way to refer to when their
program fizzles out. Any suggestions would be welcome. THANKS.
