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One crazy thing I read about, was of a bug from some 3rd party company’s application. On some Windows update, the application no longer worked. But since Micro
by blackrock 6y ago
One crazy thing I read about, was of a bug from some 3rd party company’s application.
On some Windows update, the application no longer worked. But since Microsoft wanted to ensure a seamless transition during upgrades, they changed their OS code to perpetuate the bug from that application, to allow it to continue working.
Kudos to them for doing so.
- watermelon0 6y agoThat's nice of them, but it does needlessly bloat OS code, specification, and tests. In the long run, clear specification and implementation is a lot more desirable, than needing to support various hacks and workarounds for 3rd party software.