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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. Kind of Old.... by Euphonious+Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    As the host for that page (which is getting hammered nicely now, as you might guess) I should point out the date of the interview.

    Funny, I used to get lots of letters from irate fanboys who asserted that it was an obvious fake. Not one of them could spell.

  2. It was a VERY long time ago ... by SimonInOz · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Actually, this interview - or presumed interview - dates back to 1995. Let me repeat that - 1995.

    That is 8 years ago. 8 years ago Microsoft was positively pleasant compared with current behaviour.

    So who cares what Bill said (or maybe didn't say) back then?

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