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Ask HN:What's the oldest unresolved, and significant software bug you know of?

2 pointsby bwilli123almost 4 years ago
What's the oldest unresolved, and significant software bug you know of?

3 comments

Hackbratenalmost 4 years ago
If you open an Excel file on different platforms (Windows vs. Mac), date/time values will be four years off if the value was entered on the other platform.
reftelalmost 4 years ago
Selects via index occasionally does not find data when using serializable transaction isolation on Oracle, since about 25 years (see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;11826368&#x2F;oracle-select-immediately-after-insert-in-serializable-transaction#11846224" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;11826368&#x2F;oracle-select-i...</a> )
cable2600almost 4 years ago
The Windows Blue Screen of Death. I don&#x27;t think Microsoft will ever fix it.