[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Disco_Stu

I have to throw my two cents in here:

I run my own software business and have over 30 years experience developing software. I develop systems for telecoms, railroads and manufacturers and I can tell you that if I started suppressing errors instead of addressing and correcting them I would be out of business tomorrow.

Suppressing errors (hiding, covering up problems) is about the worst thing you can do as a developer. If customers find out you're doing that then they will never trust you again. This type of approach shows a complete lack of desire or ability to fix the underlying problems.

Would you want your plumber or auto mechanic to hide problems from you? Of courses not.

Ask yourself this: When you were first thinking about purchasing vBulletin and you found out that error messages were being suppressed would you still be willing to purchase it?

Well it was common knowledge when vBulletin 3 was released. Nobody seemed to mind then.