Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: elarson
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 22:28

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In <DFzGE9.1rF@yew.pfc.forestry.ca>, briel@branch.pfc.forestry.ca ("Bill G. Riel") writes:

>>Try the same test on Excel for the Mac and guess what - now the
>>value magically morphs to ... 1.28!

>Nope.  Didn't really intend to either.  Just wanted to point out one of
>the joys of moving along to that "new standard"
===========

The sad part of the Excel "bug" for lack of a better derogatory term, is that it's
not a random unlikely number.  2^47 is no unexpected as a number being used
by folks who use computers.

It also makes me wonder what other intentional bugs are present in Microsofts
products.  

The bigger question, though, is why did they bother.  Any MS product could be
easily tagged, fingerprinted if you want, by existing and known bugs.

Eric Larson
elarson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 5 Oct 1995 22:28:34 GMT
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