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Say what you will about Microsoft's products, but I doubt an error like this would make it through their robust testing process these days.
by michaelhoffman 14y ago
Say what you will about Microsoft's products, but I doubt an error like this would make it through their robust testing process these days.
- M4v3R 14y agoI can't tell for "these days", but back then on Windows 98 IIRC, they forgot Poland (literally) on their time zone map: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9331/nopoland9fg.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9331/nopoland9fg.jpg
- michaelhoffman 14y agoA cosmetic issue from 14 years ago doesn't make a great counterexample. The reason for the Poland error is explained here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/10/27/880411.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/10/27/88041...
- Evbn 14y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=you%20forgot%20poland https://www.google.com/search?q=you%20forgot%20poland Windows was a liberal conspiracy!
- mikeash 14y agoI was immediately reminded of how every Zune locked up on December 31st, 2008 due to a calendar bug: http://techcrunch.com/2008/12/31/zune-bug-explained-in-detail/ http://techcrunch.com/2008/12/31/zune-bug-explained-in-detai...
- mun2mun 14y agoEvery company has its own share of date related bugs Microsoft: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/how-a-leap-year-bug-could-topple-microsofts-azure-cloud-service/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/how-a-leap-year-bug-... Apple: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/10/apple-deleted-2am-and-2pm-from-the-space-time-continuum-hopes-we-dont-notice/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/10/apple-deleted-2am-and-2pm-...