In my line of work (Senior Linux Administrator), there's always things you find in various software packages that you sit there and go "what the FUCK were these people thinking when they wrote this pile of garbage?!?"
Well, today was one of those days. I found that there's a nasty little bug in Office 2007 that will save documents in a funny way that really screws with Samba.
If you'd go onto the Linux machine, you would see all of the user's documents. However, when you went to their workstation, it would only show random documents, like say 1/3rd of their documents.
It makes for a nasty surprise when they try to do their jobs.
But alas, I was diligent and found the bug and fixed it.
Fucking Microsoft.
This is why I use open source programs for my day to day usage.
Anyways, I now have to run to my cousin's house to help with his wireless network, so I don't know if I'll be posting again tonight.
My God, I just wonder how the hell Microsoft got to be so rich without a lot more people wising up to the fact their flagship product sucks.
What's worse is that you feel like a complete idiot when you find the bug. You think to yourself "there's no way it could be THAT dumb" and yet, there it is.
Granted I have a higher then normal IQ, but I assume that when someone's hired on at Microsoft, they are the smartest people in the field. They should be doing LAPS around me and when I see this complete lack of craftsmanship, I think to myself "how do you keep your job if you're that incompetent".
Better yet, how is it that people from around the world with a little bit of free time on their hands can do a better job programming then a $300 billion dollar multi-national corporation?
GRRR!!!
Travis
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