Timeline for How do I explain to my boss that his preferred software tool has serious bugs?
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| Dec 19, 2022 at 16:16 | comment | added | Joe W | I understand but your answer is making lots of assumptions about the software and what they can do on their machine. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:56 | comment | added | Luc | @JoeW, if it is a server database this will indeed not work. But OP doesn't say this. In fact, they say the opposite - "project files". Your "data loss" comment is also a bit reaching methinks. Of course, my solution needs to be analyzed and tweaked for OP's particular case to make it foolproof. But it wasn't meant to be a "copy-paste" solution, just a starting point. There are other sites in StackExchange network that can help OP with the details. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:36 | comment | added | Luc | How did you come to this conclusion? Being more familiar with one doesn't mean I'm unfamiliar with the second. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:30 | comment | added | virolino | In this case, your answer is just plain wrong, if it based on your experience with OneDrive. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:28 | comment | added | Luc | @virolino, OneDrive was just an example of how to get similar results as with file history I'm more familiar with it than file history so I guess, I assumed you were too. And yes, it is just an online cloud service and you need access to the internet to use it. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:16 | comment | added | virolino | I was not aware of "windows file history", but OneDrive is definitely NOT built in into Windows - it is an online service provided by Microsoft. The fact that the client for OneDrive might be packed together with Windows from the start does not make it "built-in. If you have Windows without a network connection, you do not actually have OneDrive. I mean, if I understand correctly. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:13 | history | edited | Luc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 19, 2022 at 6:12 | comment | added | Luc | @virolino, it's actually called "windows file history" (I mislabeled it in the answer). You also get this out-of-the-box if using OneDrive to store your files in the cloud. | |
| Dec 19, 2022 at 5:42 | comment | added | virolino | "Windows comes with built-in file versioning" - really? Will you please provide some details about how to use it? | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 18:59 | comment | added | Joe W | Sure but this can lead to the loss of data and make it harder to track what is lost. Not to mention the program might not be compatible with those methods. If it uses a database you can’t back it up like that. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 17:30 | comment | added | Luc | Well, OP says the boss is unresponsive, they've already considered resigning and the top answer suggests to "just suck it." The only remaining option is to prove the issue and then hope the boss or customer support is receptive. Similar to other answers (i.e. recording, documenting), my answer adds an idea on how to gather additional info regarding the issue. And yes, it also provides a non-perfect workaround; recreating only an hour of work instead of weeks (as per OP). OP also talks about "project files" in the comments so I'm confident a tool made for file versioning should work OK. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 14:12 | comment | added | Joe W | That is a work around at best and the tool may or may not allow that to work depending on how it works. Even if it does it can still result in lost data from when the last backup occurred and the problem happened. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 8:17 | history | answered | Luc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |