> > MS isn't unique in this regard. The industry is rife with this sort of > behavior. I remember a vendor who shall remain nameless. Their 8 track > magnetic tape units had a specification which stated the data would be > written 10" from the BOT (beginning of tape marker - a reflective strip of > tape), but they actually started writing 6" after the BOT. One vendor who > made a compatible tape drive learned this after they had written and > installed the firmware in their production units that were written to the > specification as published. The fix required a major investment in > engineering new hardware, firmware, and field service retrofitting units in > the field as well as units in production plus the retrofitting of boards in > production. When pressed the first vendor said, "Oops, looks like a typo in > the spec sorry." > Yeah that kind of thing sucks but I put it down to (normal) human incompetence rather than malice. I've had to write specs and match the specs I've written and it is a difficult process. The vendor who made a compatible tape drive should have purchased a single unit to test against, although not doing so also seems like normal human incompetence as well.
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