Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 4th Jan 2009 21:47 UTC
Reviewing the first beta of an important release like Windows 7 is never an easy job to do. A confouding factor is that many people have already made up their mind about Windows 7; not because they have tried it, but because it's a Microsoft product, and therefore it sucks. At OSNews we try to judge products by their own merits, not by the parent company that created it. Read on for a set of impressions regarding the Windows 7 beta.
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RE[6]: Regarding the MBR...
by Bounty on Mon 5th Jan 2009 21:16
in reply to "RE[5]: Regarding the MBR..."
Member since:2006-09-18
While you are technically correct, your argument is a bit facetious on the grounds that any bug can be converted into a feature, simply by stating intent. For instance, I often joke with QA that bug X is actually a feature. If it's deliberate, then it can't be a bug right? Bottom line though, if your software breaks other installed software, then that's a bug in my opinion, whether it is intended or not.
Guess all antivirus software are bugs then.
RE[6]: Regarding the MBR...
by Odwalla on Tue 6th Jan 2009 06:38
in reply to "RE[5]: Regarding the MBR..."
Member since:2006-02-01
If my software breaks other software installed under the same OS then, yes, it might be a bug. If my software causes an entirely different OS to have issues then that is not something I am ever going to worry about. Expanding the potential problem domain of my software to include every OS that might conceivably ever be installed on a computer, and attempting to test against that domain, would be asinine.
Member since:
2005-10-19
While you are technically correct, your argument is a bit facetious on the grounds that any bug can be converted into a feature, simply by stating intent.
For instance, I often joke with QA that bug X is actually a feature. If it's deliberate, then it can't be a bug right?
Bottom line though, if your software breaks other installed software, then that's a bug in my opinion, whether it is intended or not.