I don't really understand why people make fun of this. Would you rather they do not provide a workaround for the bug? And yes as every programmer should know, w

I don't really understand why people make fun of this. Would you rather they do not provide a workaround for the bug? And yes as every programmer should know, workarounds can be sometimes odd (I did similar things in the past to work around things). And yes of course providing a bug fix is better, but providing a workaround is always the first step. A workaround is plenty good enough for many people for whom updating is more risk and hassle. The whole thing reminds me a bit of the classic "known knowns" episode with Rummy where he dared to bring some decision theory into an interview answer ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns ) The reaction to it really showed more about journalists than about the statement.