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RE: FW: cygwin-1.dll long-time bug


On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:

> Eric Blake wrote:
> > According to Dave Korn on 4/18/2006 12:38 PM:
> >> [...] and it's probably not something that gets a whole load
> >> of testing in microsoft's QA dept.... ;)
> >
> > They have one?  What are the job qualifications to become a member of
> > that dept, I wonder?  I bet even a hippo could apply...
>
> I think you have it all wrong--they must have the best QA
> department in the world to get their software to the point
> it's at. It's obvious that the source code is written by a
> boatload of demented monkeys. The hippos are only used to
> keep the monkeys under control.

That means they need to drop the hippos on the monkeys, not on the
software...
	Igor
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