NOTE FROM KIM:

Microsoft announced a month-long “Trustworthy
Computing Initiative” during which they will cease
writing new code and instead hunt down existing bugs.

The Top 7 Bugs Uncovered During
Microsoft’s “Trustworthy Computing Initiative”

7> Because of a flaw in their contract, Bill Gates actually acquired Satan’s soul.

6> Apparently Internet Explorer’s built-in filter software was actually letting copies of Netscape run on some PCs.

5> According to Arthur Andersen’s auditors, there are no bugs in Microsoft’s products.

4> Hardcoded “KEEP OUT” error message not followed by “THIS MEANS YOU!”

3> Most of the bugs are so old that any attempt at fixing them gets you a visit from the EPA’s Endangered Species department.

2> Those damn “Copyright (c) 1980 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center” messages.

and the Number 1 Bug Uncovered During Microsoft’s “Trustworthy
Computing Initiative”…

1> The cause of the “Blue Screen of Death” was finally corrected and from now on the screen will display in its originally intended shade of aqua.

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Credits:

Selected from 40 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 1, 6
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 1
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 1
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 2
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 3, 5
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 4
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator