1995-09-20 - Re: “random” number seeds vs. Netscape

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From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
To: karlton@netscape.com (Phil Karlton)
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Message ID: <199509202120.OAA28581@infinity.c2.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-20 21:26:10 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 20 Sep 95 14:26:10 PDT

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From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 95 14:26:10 PDT
To: karlton@netscape.com (Phil Karlton)
Subject: Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape
In-Reply-To: <43psn2$6ug@tera.mcom.com>
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>     weeks ago. The time spent on patching the current release will not
>     all go to waste, but it has cut down on my limited opportunities to
>     sleep.
> 
> For those that curious: being responsible for helping to fix a bug that
> is getting front page coverage in major newspapers is not nearly as
> much fun as it sounds.
> 

	This looks really good. I only wish your PR people wouldn't
spout the garbage that they do.

	In terms of your amounts of sleep-- If netscape had waited a
month before releasing the patch it would not have been doing any
worse than most OS vendors. Netscape is to be congratulated on the
quick response.


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