published by developer on Sat, 11/12/2005 - 17:23
Does Microsoft Deliberately Crash On Macs?
Spencer Critchley wrote:
Tell The Truth Pt 2: Microsoft Deliberately Crashes On Macs by Spencer Critchley -- Wow! Big response to my post, made with tongue only partly in cheek, accusing Microsoft of designing Office apps to crash on Macs. More on my experience as a crash test dummy, plus other perspectives.
I remember back in the days of the Mac Plus. It was during a snack break at one of the very first MacApp courses offered by Apple. An Apple engineer (who I won't name here) explained something to us then that has always stuck in my mind. Before the days of protected memory ordinary users (not us tech types) saw crashes as a problem with "the computer". Most people don't know where to assign the blame when things go wrong. So the blame would lie with Apple.
