[plug] Parallel linkups.

[Bernd Felsche]

On Wednesday 23 June 2004 13:27, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Lusers reboot their PCs when the terminal session appears
> > unresponsive for 10 seconds. They are so used to PCs crashing
> > and applications "locking up" that that is how they "solve" the
> > problem.

> This is particularly fun when the application on the other end was
> written in the days of dumb terminals, and doesn't even have a
> concept of "unexpected user disconnection." Handle unexpected
> termination? Well, if you call database corruption "handled" then
> sure it does...

A number of "enterprise" applications dole out user tokens. If the
users don't "return" them before disconnection, then a database
shutdown and "crash" recovery becomes necessary to get the
requisite real users back on board. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

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