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It's interesting certainly, but should we be impressed here? In the end, the team's time was wasted and a nonsense issue was escalated to the CEO.
by draw_down 10y ago
It's interesting certainly, but should we be impressed here? In the end, the team's time was wasted and a nonsense issue was escalated to the CEO.
- umlaut 10y agoescalated to the richest person on Earth.
- tbrake 10y agoThey fielded the question and did a lot of work because they cared about the quality and details of their product at a level that I would agree with OP was impressive. That it turned out to be a nonsense issue is immaterial to that judgement.
- draw_down 10y agoThere are exemplary aspects to the story, but I think the only real lesson to be learned is "don't blindly spend a bunch of time/effort on an issue unless we're sure it's actually important".
- mcguire 10y agoChasing bugs is a pain in the ass, and most of them are nonsense. This kind of story makes it worthwhile, though. At the end of the day, you go home laughing instead of crying.
- badosu 10y agoYeah right? https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091123-00/?p=15943 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091123-00/?p=...