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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>My father used to run a software
company and had the same attitude toward bugs. He noted that while each version
would fix the bugs found in the last version, it invariably introduced new ones.
So, relying on versioning to eliminate bugs was somewhat pointless.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>-Warren Agin</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ron.peterson@yellowbank.com
href="mailto:ron.peterson@yellowbank.com">Ron Peterson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discuss@blu.org
href="mailto:discuss@blu.org">discuss@blu.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Possible attack; opinions
wanted</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:30:17AM -0400, Derek D. Martin
wrote:<BR><BR>> ... No software is perfect, but Microsoft's track record is
about the<BR>> worst I've seen... For a company with their resources,
which<BR>> supposedly prides itself on hiring the best programmers and
writing<BR>> "quality" software, their history with security issues is
astoundingly<BR>> atrocious.<BR><BR>"The reason we come up with new
versions is not to fix bugs. It's<BR>absolutely not. It's the stupidest reason
to buy a new version I ever<BR>heard."<BR><BR>-BILL GATES<BR><BR>The M$ Chief
Evil Officer apparantly had a bad snuggy when he was giving<BR>an
interview:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.cantrip.org/nobugs.html">http://www.cantrip.org/nobugs.html</A><BR><BR>--
<BR>Ron
Peterson
-o)<BR>87 Taylor
Street
/\\<BR>Granby, MA
01033
_\_v<BR><A
href="https://www.yellowbank.com/">https://www.yellowbank.com/</A>
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