@dangoodin@ryanc reminds me when we cracked all the 512 bit TICalc firmware signing keys several years ago. I still have a laser engraved calc cover with prime factors on it. Took a month for a dozen of private keys for a dedicated crew of happy hackers contributing BOINC time. That did not even cost $70.
@dansup i am not familiar with the code base, true, and devil is usually in the details I know, but I am familiar with long term compatibility of evolving products.
A stable versioned api is good. I think most of the work should be on client apps, right? Client apps can test for new versions of APIs and gracefully fall back on previous versions? This sounds like a valid design pattern even if I'm not actually familiar with the implementation details...
@dansup as a de facto central dev authority they can just 1-code properly to avoid breakage of 3rd party apps because of the new features , and 2-just publish an update notice and everyone will follow.
I want to avoid false reasons based on potential technical incompetence.
@lanodan@sebsauvage y'a un ducon dans ma rue il veut pas voir la gôche a cause des massacres chinois et de la misere soviétique. Nan t'inquiete j'ai déjà renoncé a lui parler.
@sebsauvage oui, c'est l'enfer. On y arrive en relancant le process excel.exe a la main. Ou en administrateur. Je sais plus. Ya une combine. Mais c pitoyable.
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