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On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:13:51 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Don't fix what ain't broke, you might break it [1] :-D
> 
> [1] I'm speaking from experience.

No kidding. I fixed an obvious bug and it didn't go over well with the 
sites. They had found the bug and exploited it to assign the same unit to 
two or more calls at once. There was the possibility of system instability 
that would require a support person to untangle it but it *usually* 
worked.