Re: Peculiar results from a simple looking query.

GreyBeard wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:05:49 +0100, Sybrand Bakker wrote:
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>>On 25 Feb 2005 13:54:30 -0800, ak_tiredofspam_at_yahoo.com wrote:
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>>>I would agree. BTW, I was told that Microsoft used to hire people with
>>>no previous exposure to computers as testers. I was also told that such
>>>newbies were very very useful, as they were going off the beaten path
>>>and exposing an enormous amount of problems.
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>>You must have been told fairy tales. Provided the enormous amount of
>>problems that still exist in Microsux code they probably have never
>>existed. You are aware Microsux developers recompile Winblows every
>>day and the high build numbers are a result of this procedure?

What you heard is correct. In fact Microsoft engineers, privately over a beer, will often volunteer information those guys in marketing and P/R would hate to have reported. I was once told by a very reliable source that they were instructed to not fix problems as it cost less to deal with them after the fact in patches. And yes he still works there.

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