RE: Microsoft can't count!

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 17 September 2007 19:51, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote on Monday, September 17, 2007 12:45 PM:
> 
>> On 17 September 2007 17:34, One Angry User wrote:
>> 
>>> On a chilly Monday morning, the 17th day of September, 2007, Dave
>>> Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:
>>> 
>>>>   Another stunning display of skill, innovation, talent, and sheer
>>>> unmitigated competence from Microsoft, as they attempt to count up to
>>>> four.  And fail! 
>>>> 
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829019
>>>> 
>>>> MORE INFORMATION
>>>> There are currently three released versions of the .NET Framework: .
The
>>>> .NET Framework 3.0 .	The .NET Framework 2.0
>>>> .	The .NET Framework 1.1
>>>> Service Pack 1 (SP1) is the latest service pack.
>>>> .	The .NET Framework 1.0
>>>> Service Pack 3 (SP3) is the latest service pack.
>>> 
>>> They are used to much larger numbers...
>>> 
>>> OAU
>> 
>>   Or perhaps just none too clear on the difference between a release
>> version and a release series. 
>> 
>>   Whatever the case, it's vulgar and unprofessional of them!
>> 
>>     cheers,
>>       DaveK
> 
> But it's vulgar and unprofessional by design.  Remember that MS designs its
> products to be easy to use by people who don't know what they are doing. 
> The side effect is that it makes if harder to use by people who DO know
> what they're doing.  So MS counting professionally would be out of
> character.    

  I have some bad news.  Microsoft just rushed a standard through the ISO
fast-track acceptance process, and now they've standardised the new value of
three as being four.

  <sigh> Now I've go back over all my old geometrical software and figure out
how to implement evaluatePIlikeIndiana97.[*]

    cheers,
      DaveK

[*] - that's 1897, of course :)
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