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Barcey · 07-02-2008, 11:42 AM

Compiler Error. Global variables "success" and "failure" have not been defined but an attempt has been made to use them in a boolean operation.

I recall a lot of dire predictions about the iPod when it was first released because it was Mac only, excluded Windows, firewire only, people wouldn't settle for degraded MP3 quality, nobody needs to carry that many songs with them. I did a search and found an example:
http://lowendmac.com/musings/01/1024.html

If iPod and iTunes sales are the benchmark that he is measuring success against then yes I agree it will be a failure against that criteria. It's easy to predict failure if you have unreasonable success criteria.

07-02-2008, 11:42 AM	#15
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	Compiler Error. Global variables "success" and "failure" have not been defined but an attempt has been made to use them in a boolean operation. I recall a lot of dire predictions about the iPod when it was first released because it was Mac only, excluded Windows, firewire only, people wouldn't settle for degraded MP3 quality, nobody needs to carry that many songs with them. I did a search and found an example: http://lowendmac.com/musings/01/1024.html If iPod and iTunes sales are the benchmark that he is measuring success against then yes I agree it will be a failure against that criteria. It's easy to predict failure if you have unreasonable success criteria.