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Daveb2012
06-08-2005, 11:25 PM
I was reading through one of my MCSA books today for the 70-291 (windows server 2003 network infrastructure) When I came accross the subject of subnetting I Saw this Picture:

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It will make no sence to you if you dont know much about subnetting with Tcp/ip. But if you notice in the example in the picture its supposed to be showing a class C 32 bit network on the same subnet. well their are 5 octets in those IP addresses, which makes the example make no sence what so ever. Hopefully everyone who read this book knows you cannot have a 207.209.68.1.201 IP address :slap:

Just imagine if Microsoft messes up this bad in the their published text book, what other mistakes they made creating windows :nono:
masterofpuppets
06-09-2005, 10:41 AM
I wouldn't be suprised if that mistake made it into all of their programming. They have very poor network implementation in 99% of their products. Now, how many mistakes are there by them now, including this I count 14,652,824,673,193 problems with Microsoft =D
Disposibleteen
06-09-2005, 10:44 AM
how could they make such a blatant error, thats horrible.
Daveb2012
06-09-2005, 02:04 PM
I wouldn't be suprised if that mistake made it into all of their programming. They have very poor network implementation in 99% of their products. Now, how many mistakes are there by them now, including this I count 14,652,824,673,193 problems with Microsoft =D

Another bad one is in the 70-270 windows xp book it says you can use the WinNT switch in windows 3.1 from a command prompt to start the upgrade to XP. Well windows 3.1 cannot even go to XP it has to go to 98 first then XP.

I agree that no one is perfect, but when Bill Gates has enough $100.00 bills to literally suffocate himself if he was buried in his Money. I think he can manage to pay an editor to proof the Microsoft books before releasing them. Especially when you can get certain test questions wrong if you go 100% by the books.