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The Exact Cause of the Zune Meltdown

Posted by kdawson on from the off-by-one-every-four dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Zune 30 failure became national news when it happened just three days ago. The source code for the bad driver leaked soon after, and now, someone has come up with a very detailed explanation for where the code was bad as well as a number of solutions to deal with it. From a coding/QA standpoint, one has to wonder how this bug was missed if the quality assurance team wasn't slacking off. Worse yet: this bug affects every Windows CE device carrying this driver."

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  1. exact by binaryseraph · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think the exact cause can be summed up as this: It's Microsoft.

  2. Re:Let's make sure this gets installed everywhere by trolltalk.com · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "When has Microsoft ever actually done that?"

    Search for "DOS ain't done until lotus won't run." - purposefully introducing incompatibilities in the OS, just like Apple with jailbroken iPhones.

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