Word: screwup
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Windows 98, a corrective patch can automatically be delivered to your computer over the Net. If you don't have Windows 98, the company's unspoken message is: Buy it. You can also download the patch manually from the Web, however, without paying Microsoft $89 to fix its screwup (see time.com/personal for instructions). Netscape, which claims the bug is harder to invoke in its software, initially told users to wait for a fix later this month. Now a "smart update" is supposed to be released this week...
...seems like a phenomenal screwup. It concerns me," he said. "I'm very pleased that they've asked students for their input...but if they're going to do that, they'd better take the responsibility of making sure the letters get to the right places...