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Re: ARENA Fault

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Originally Posted by sparrowkc View Post
I would add that I find it extremely frustrating that not only are we not allowed to look at the source code for the FMS or DS, we're expected to deal with their imperfections without even a general idea of how the field works (or doesn't).
Dealing with imperfections is a theme FIRST recognizes in areas other than programming. I wonder if the source code to Windows would be more helpful to troubleshooting DS problems than the source to FMS.

Seriously, I'd be more worried if the source were freely available that a large well funded team could exploit some weakness.

While I'm not dumb enough to assert that FMS or the DS software is bug free, it seems pretty solid from my perspective and will get better if we help make it so.
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