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Anatomy Of A Bug In Microsoft Office

Posted by michael on from the 90%-of-the-iceberg-is-underwater dept.

bender writes "An insightful look at what it is like to track down and fix a bug in Microsoft Office is available from Microsoft's Blog site."

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  1. first post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post...

  2. Bugs in Service Pack 2 by ddod · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you read about all the new bugs that are being found in SP2. There are compaints about how the SP2 security panel can be spoofed. This allows a person to trick people into thinking their firewall and virus scan are all on and working normally. Microsoft's response... (paraphrased quote) "We are busy with other more important bugs at the time, don't bother us with these tivialities."


    It's for real. I normally don't go for these things but...Free ipods are too much to pass up (click here to get yours) .

  3. Mr. Bucket, put your balls in my mouth. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The first to get their balls into Mr. Bucket wins!!!!

  4. Greetings.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...as I for one Welcome or new OLD Microsoft.Bug(tm) Overlords!

  5. Yes by daniil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I take it you haven't read the Bible?

    --
    Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
    1. Re:Yes by daniil · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      You didn't get it, did you?

      He said: "God, do you live to spout out shit like that?"

      I said: "Yes. I take it you haven't read the Bible," naturally referring to all those things that this God-character says in it.

      There. Do i have to make it any more obvious?

      --
      Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
  6. 87th p00000st by cowboynealisfat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Take that shitbags! P.S. Cowboyneal has never kissed a girl

  7. In soviet russia... by cowboynealisfat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the bug fixes you! Cowboyneal is a cunt

  8. Anatomy of a free iPod deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Free iPods are not a PYRAMID SCHEME scam

  9. Word needs a grammar checker as next innovation! by JazzyJ · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Rather, we're talking about the shear volume of things the user can do. In Word, for example,..."

    Well, he ran it through the spell checker, but maybe the next innovation M$ should put in Word is a grammar checker.

  10. Is that a... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is that a bone growing in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? Um, wait...

  11. Why does Slashdot keep banning me? by Jagasian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why does Slashdot keep banning me?

  12. Re:Sorry about the bad formatting by Tim+Browse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Um, ok. I get it now. You're a bit of a jerk. Loud and clear.

    Further sophistry is not required.

  13. Re:Amazing innovation... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What?