>The clock software in the Zune is a driver. When a driver in a computer goes >whack, anything can happen, including a freeze, which is in fact what did >happen. If you are going to tell me that your iPods and iPhones and Macs >will all go merrily on their way as if nothing happened when their drivers >go belly up, well, I just don't know what else to say.
It is amazing how far some people will go to defend their one true love. No it is not acceptable for MS to migrate its piss-poor software engineering practices to the realm of MP3 players (a.k.a. embedded controllers). People who write embedded controllers are expected to do a far better job than people who write computer software because their users have fewer options to respond to failures. Having to reboot an airliner in mid-flight or and EKG in mid-operation is not a good thing. This is a public demonstration of MS's poor practices. When I work with MS systems this is what I expect to see. The only difference is that what I see is under the hood so it is not readily understood by non-specialists. This boo-boo is very obvious and the reason is not hard to understand either: careless, sloppy, slovenly work. If MS spent their billions in profits on good systems work I would sing their praises. My gripe is that I see smaller companies with far fewer resources doing far better. Maybe Zunepocalypse will get some clueless MBAs to finally ask their even more clueless IT managers why their businesses rely on products from a company that is so obviously incompetent. Maybe the "iPod Effect" will become the "Zune Effect." ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
