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Re: Reliability of RPC services


From: Pierre THIERRY
Subject: Re: Reliability of RPC services
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:02:16 +0200
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Scribit Marcus Brinkmann dies 25/04/2006 hora 18:41:
> It's true that the user probably can't really know when an operation
> is just taking long because the machine is busy, or because there is
> something botched.  However, I believe that the user should always be
> in control, so if an operation is taking too long, and the user does
> want to abort the operation, he should have a chance to do so.

+1

I think that this should count as a very important design principle. The
system should never do something forcibly if the user could want the
contrary.

Freely,
Nowhere man
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