Software fails all the time everyday. And this was an easy bug to fix. It was clear and simple and sharp and well defined. Most bugs are a lot harder than this. The next bug, of course, everyone is talking about is a leap year bug.
Any potential bug ought to be fixed.
But I think this type of bug, a date or calendar that doesn't do the right thing, is the simplest, is the easiest thing to grasp. It's the tip of an iceberg. Software is a lot harder than this and the real problems we have with functionality go a lot deeper and are a lot harder to fix. Well, I think when companies first got involved in remediation or compliance efforts, I think the legal threat was a big one. I think that the fact that individuals, managers, people in corporations and so forth, were worried about themselves being personally responsible if they didn't do what was defined as due diligence.