I tend to disagree to some extent. Although most companies have difficulty
publicly admitting that there software has a specific bug (unless its
incredibly minor), I think they take an approach of damage control. Public
perception of a product will make or break it. What would you do if it
were your company's software product and a major hole was found? MOST,
(not all), would try to deflect the bad press and address a fix as soon as
possible. After all, no one is perfect, that includes the software
developers. Obviously, some companies think they are close, (M$oft), but
the technical people know the truth, (- hence this long drawn out dialect
about how M$ sucks).
Life is a game of perception--learn to play. And of you do not believe
this, take a look at politics, the government, and the OJ Simpson case.
Its not what IS done, its how the public is lead to believe that matters.
These are PURELY MY OWN OPINIONS, NOT OF ANY BUSINESS, ORGANIZATION, or
AFFILIATE OF MINE.
DM
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>I often wonder why admitting and fixing bugs is such a hard thing for
>companies to do?
At least 2 reasons:
(1) The people who are allowed to officially talk to the
public believe their own hype--that their shit don't stink, that
their software is perfect, and by extension they believe everyone
else's hype--that their products are great. To admit bugs would mean
that your product is inferior to anothers product. Remember, most of
these people are about as technical as a pencil so they don't realize
(like we do) that ALL software sucks, and that ALL operating systems,
being software SUCK.
(2) Arrogance and Ego.
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