Charles -
This is very humorous, and I have already ordered my Nematodes... but let's get a little reality here. I have been involved in a fair amount of OS design - including work on SunOS (which kind of dates me I guess), and created 3 real-time OS products myself (nothing on the scale of this of course, those were dedicated process systems). Without a notion of what the "bug list" consists of, there is no telling what impact any of this will have in the real world.
Category 0 bugs are unacceptable - those are bugs which crash the OS. Category 1 bugs are unacceptable - those are bugs which crash an application or OS component. Category 2 bugs are ugly and should not be released - those are bugs which require a work-around to avoid program malfunction.
But Category 3 bugs (function does not work as intended) are less of a concern - if the function is correct. Category 4 bugs (function does not adhere to interface or design guidelines) are almost a nit - those are things like the "options" menu appearing under the "view" menu on some screens, but under the "tools" menu on others... Category 5 bugs are "cosmetic" - the look and feel aspect is not correct. This includes things like inconsistent screen flow in different parts of the program (i.e. the menu sequence is different depending on what path you take to the top level menu)... Feature enhancements also fall into this class.
I have been using both server and workstation versions of Win2K for more than a year, and have been using the production bits for more than 3 months, and I have not seen anything that would qualify as a level 0 or level 1 bug. I doubt that MS would release the product with either class of known bug. No doubt some will eventually crop up but I would be surprised if any are on the list.
I have encountered a few work-arounds but I'm not sure if these are level 2 bugs, since they involved setup of non-certified components (laptop hardware).
I think I have a good feel for the quality of this product, and although it is a long way from being a Solaris competitor, it is WAY better than any previous MSFT OS in performance, stability, and features, and will surely enhance MSFT's ability to sell higher in the enterprise. |
