RE: Bill Gates gets another blue screen in public

I'm sorry, but that makes no sense to me.  As a programmer for well over 
30 years I would be ashamed to put out programs with the kind of errors in 
them that Microsoft produces.  When I put a program into production I 
expect it to be the best it can be.  That's not to say that my programs 
never have errors or glitches in them, but I am saying that I don't 
knowingly put out something that is incomplete or buggy!  That can't be 
said about Microsoft - they obviously are more interested in getting the 
product out the door, no matter what shape it's in!

Thank you,
Ronald L. Zimmerman
I.T. Applications Manager
Swiss Valley Farms, Co.      http://www.swissvalley.com
"The Good for You Company"
Email: Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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Bill Gates has done one thing for our industry and it should not be
belittled.  The new paradigm is to get software out there for users to 
touch
and feel.  Don't worry about glitches.  If the users like it, fix it.  If
they reject it, go on to something else and keep your losses small.  That
makes sense to me.

 

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From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion

Date: 01/06/05 11:59:44

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Subject: RE: Bill Gates gets another blue screen in public

 

I really loved DeGroot's line about

> Microsoft was founded by programmers and is still run by programmers

 

Try "Founded (and still run) by LOUSY programmers"!

 

Can you imagine if the software for the Apollo program were written by

Microsloth, instead of by MIT's finest minds? All those "1201 program

alarms" probably would have LITERALLY crashed the Lunar Module.

 

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