Richard Yates wrote:
[snip]
I completely agree, and suggest to anyone who is annoyed by
this to open a case with MakeMusic so they get the point.
I complained many times about this to MakeMusic. I see no evidence any
longer that they respond at all to such feedback. One interesting
historical note is that it this bug was fixed in one version then reappeared
later.
With these bugs which have been squashed but which reappear, I wonder if
MakeMusic might not be aware of them but they can't be squashed again so
easily and so they let the product ship with them and then sit back and
wonder if anybody will notice.
I can think of no other reason, other than that they don't keep a record
of previously squashed bugs and re-test each new version to see if the
old bugs have reappeared. I can recall several major bugs which were
squashed previously, reappeared with a new release, and then were
re-squashed on a subsequent a or b update patch after many complaints
about them.
Actually, I can think of another reason, one which makes more sense to
me now that I've thought of it -- the development team is aware of these
rejuvenated bugs which had been squashed, but whichever department
controls the "ship it anyway!" command overrides their "but the latest
features you made us add has re-awakened these bugs we had previously
squashed and we just need a little bit more time to squash them again"
requests.
I get the sense from recent history at MakeMusic that the accountants
and others who control the decisions of what to include, what to fix and
what the timetable will be for the product to 'go gold' and be shipped
have complete control and don't really care, hoping that new purchasers
will not be bothered by those revived bugs or that the long-time users
who had complained are working on projects where the problems won't be
noticed. And the developers, who do care about the quality of the
products they are responsible for, have very little control over the matter.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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