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Subject:Re: Warning about a slow response From:Nora Merhar <merhar -at- ALENA -dot- SWITCH -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 29 Mar 1995 11:11:19 CST
Arthur:
If it's only going to take a minute or so, I'd say "this will take a minute or
so. You'll know it's done when X happens."`
One of the products I work on stores data on an optical disk. It can take up to
an hour to format one side of an optical disk. THAT's what I thought you
meant when you said a long time!
Even so, all I say is "this process could take up to an hour".
Nora
merhar -at- alena -dot- switch -dot- rockwell -dot- com
