Who was the mental genius

[Alfred Perlstein]

On 6/5/14, 11:35 PM, John Marino wrote:
> On 6/6/2014 05:37, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> Something like that would have been more than adequate.  As I pointed
>> out, the warning you get about pkgng and the 9/1/2014 deadline is
>> perfect.  It's been there for a couple of months, and it pops up ever
>> time you do a port. If you miss that and don't convert, you don't have
>> anyone but yourself to blame.
> Which is exactly the same case with you and the 8.3 EOL.
> If your business relies involves server maintenance, it's entirely your
> responsibility to track EOL.  How somebody with "senior" in their job
> title is looking to blame everyone else for failing something so basic
> is rich.
>
> You say semantics isn't important?   You say 8.3 isn't "old"?  It may
> not be old compared to a dog, but it reached its published end-of-life.
>   Any expectation you have about support after EOL where probably forged
> by watching Microsoft support XP.  That's not the model to expect.
> Install some mirrors in your house.
>
Sure, but really a couple of lines to warn people and wave them towards 
next steps is probably advisable next time.

-Alfred