They also didn't apparently use that CPU in the next gen, not sure what toshiba did since all their players were affected also, but I believe they sold even less of those then the zune.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom Piwowar > >>OK, MP3 players have the same fail-safe requirements > >>as 747s. My bad. Don't know what I could've been thinking. > > > I did not ever use the word "failsafe." You are once again > > trying to drag the discussion to a nutty place. > > > Previously you tried to sell the idea that because it was > > not possible to test _everything_ then it was okay to be > > slovenly and not conduct diligent testing and quality > > control. > > I think the blame is being placed incorrectly. It seems that > the code in question was part of a library licensed/purchased > by MS to develop the Zune? That library functionality didn't > have enough unit tests to test for correct functionality. I > don't see any reason to believe that MS should conduct > additional unit tests on a purchased library. This is poor > code QA from the original developer, not MS. > > -- > Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't > Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly > Facts, though interesting, are irrelevant > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
