http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/12/12/why-doesn-t-office-just-fix-all-of-the-bugs-before-they-ship-it.aspxThis is the first in a series of 3 related blog entries that will speak to common questions about how we develop and release the next version of Office. Specifically, I’ll address the following topics: 1) Why doesn’t Office just fix all of the bugs beforeen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/12/12/why-doesn-t-office-just-fix-all-of-the-bugs-before-they-ship-it.aspx#3191762Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:40:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3191762bobbybob<p>Great read can't wait for the next two parts</p> http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/12/12/why-doesn-t-office-just-fix-all-of-the-bugs-before-they-ship-it.aspx#3218659Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:15:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3218659DonnEdwards<p>I hate to rain on this parade but there are some bugs in Access that have survived for over 10 years, i.e. you can repeat them in Access 2007 and they work the same way as in Access 97.</p> <p>Clearly the bug reporting process is broken. I have tried to report bugs via Microsoft South Africa with no success. Perhaps my blog posts will eventually reach Redmond.</p> <p>One relates to the Medium Date format. See</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2007/01/dreaded-access-date-bug.html">http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2007/01/dreaded-access-date-bug.html</a></p> <p>The other relates to the &quot;Currency&quot; format setting on forms and reports</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2009/03/microsoft-access-and-ten-year-old.html">http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2009/03/microsoft-access-and-ten-year-old.html</a></p> <p>Perhaps the Office 14 team can fix them, since the previous teams clearly do not acknowledge problems that don't affect US users.</p>