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Apple has shipped versions of its Mail program that delete email without warning¹ and versions of the Finder or OS X that delete² files. And much more. Yet thei
by leephillips 8y ago
Apple has shipped versions of its Mail program that delete email without warning¹ and versions of the Finder or OS X that delete² files. And much more. Yet their reputation is intact: the masses still believe that they put out quality software. They are truly the Teflon corporation.
¹http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12758081&tstart=0 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12758081&...
²http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massive-data-loss-bug-in-leopard http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massive-data-loss-bug-in-leopa...
- saagarjha 8y agoNeither of your links seem to work, and the second one in particular seemed to have been dead for what seems like half a decade. Have you just kept these links around to whip out in support of this argument, without checking once whether they actually go somewhere?
- leephillips 8y agoThank you for informing me of the dead links, for which I apologize. Apparently Apple is also a poor net citizen, allowing its URLs to rot. Yes, I keep notes about things, some of which contain links. Obviously, these links used to work.
- mulmen 8y agoNot to defend Apple but I'm not sure there are higher quality options really. I don't think Apple makes good software but it can be the best without being good.