Interesting feature on LDM 6.4.7.5

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Steve Emmerson wrote:

> Gilbert,
>
> I wondered if you were going to comment on this beta release.  :-)

I was going to get around to it someday... ;-)

> And in case you're wondering, significantly inaccurate clocks really do 
> degrade the performance of the LDM and can even result in incorrect behavior 
> (e.g., product loss!).
>
> Everyone, if you have a considered opinion on this matter, now might be a 
> good time to express it.

I absolutely think this is a great idea. Not only for the sake of LDm and 
incoming/outgoing data. An incorrect clock can cause malfunctions with 
other programs, even the OS...and can show symptoms of a problem that you 
may not normally look for. Bad clock battery, something wrong with your 
NTP configuration...I for one applaud this decision. And it may should 
help solve a few problems before anyone else notices.

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