>>When you wrote "Hacker's Guide", did you make sure that things behaved with different platforms?
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>Actually, if you read the Hardware and Software recommendations section, you'll see that I run NT on all my machines. In a one-person shop, running one OS is easier. Ted does (or did, then) run 98 on a notebook and NT on his desk. Can't say for sure what Doug (our Tech Editor) was running.
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Tamar, had you tested it, you would've caught it - the default SetErrorMode() for NT is 0, and an "Abort, Retry, Ignore" pops if you do DISKSPACE() on a drive without loaded media. FWIW. It should have been tested, and we now who's machine this little contribution to the collective wisdom was not used to try this nifty tip.

It's water over the dam now. Can I expect that your offerings will be examined more thoroughly after this? I'd recommend testing on Win2K as well, since installation-related issues may vary widely on that platform.

>Did all three of us test every item that went into the book? No. Did I test everything I wrote? Yes. Did Ted test everything he wrote? Yes. Did Doug test everything either of us wrote? I can't say, but I doubt it. I imagine he tested anything that was to be included as a download or inline code and anything that caught his eye as questionable when he read it. He certainly raised plenty of issues with us (as we did with each other). FWIW, very few of them were OS-related.
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I'm disappointed; I expect more of books with the Hentzenwerke imprint.