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Microsoft: Because Bugs are Cool

Posted by chrisd on from the sigh dept.

h_orion writes "According to Mr. Gates, Microsoft recieves 'Less than one percent' call volume in relation to bugs. He also blames the users lack of knowledge as a cause of some of these bugs. He goes on to say that the feeling of frustration that people hold towards bugs is a sociological issue, rather than technical saying that people complain about software bugs 'Because it's cool.' Read more in this interview." Boy, where do you even begin...

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  1. Days at a time? by etcshadow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Re:Give me ten programmers... (Score:2)
    by dubiousmike (558126) on Thursday February 20, @12:39AM (#5341500)
    (http://www.borisfx.com/)
    I have a home computer running XP and a work computer running 2000. Both run for days without a reset."

    Well, hot damn! Let's see how long my desktop has been running since last reboot...

    [root@granite /root]# uptime
    4:46am up 182 days, 5:10, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    [root@granite /root]#

    Yeah, yeah... I remember those brown-outs late last summer. Oh, I know, what about my router/firewall?

    [root@granite /root]# ssh slate
    root@slate's password:
    [root@slate /root]# uptime
    12:22am up 164 days, 8:47, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    [root@slate /root]#

    Oh, that's right my wife accidentaly kicked out the power plug once last year... Gotta get off of my duff and by a UPS for that guy. I mean, hell, when she kicked out the plug, it was a good 45 seconds of no net for us after she plugged it back in.

    Does windows even have an "uptime" command? Or would it just be too damned embarassing for them?

    In the words of the nameless Unix-guy from Dilbert: "Here's a nickel. Go buy yourself a real computer."

    --
    :Wq
    Not an editor command: Wq
  2. Poor poor microsoft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Boohoo, those mean slashdotters are being mean to Microsoft again...so what do I do? Run to slashdot and accuse everyone of MS "bashing"!

    Not sure where the hell all of you Microsoft "defenders" have come from...seems like every article that so much as questions Microsoft in any small way, you come out running, accusing everyone of Microsoft "bashing".

    Guess what: Microsoft deserves it. They are big enough, make enough money, and are every bit the monopoly we say they are (proven in a court of law). I'll bash 'em all I want.

    Hey you can always go hang out at "winmegasite.com" if you don't like it. I'm sure there are no meanie "bashers" over there.

    Oh and concerning the article...who cares if this was done in 1995. Gates and his moronic "640k" comment happened back in the early 80's, but that doesn't make it any LESS moronic and shortsighted. If Gates is the big bad visionary the trade press foams at the mouth about, let's see him prove it--yet every time he opens his pampered yap, he only proves what a clueless fool he really is. It's "cool" to complain about bugs? Tell me Bill, do you even know what a computer is?