Bugs STILL turning up in repaired software

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From Ted Bridis, one reporter with a brain..

Iceberg dead ahead!!

-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), December 30, 1999

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Had one hit Tuesday in remediated (fixed) software. Not a biggie, just enough to slow things down a bit. The ones that scare me are the ones that don't show up until the Third week of January or the first quarter close...

-- d j f (djf@foxinternet.net), December 30, 1999.

Of course. Bugs have been showing up in "finished" software since software was invented. Why, companies have whole software maintenance departments to handle this situation. I imagine these departments are introducing date bugs as well as fixing them. And I expect date bugs to continue cropping up long after we're all dead of old age.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), December 30, 1999.

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