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Microsoft has had its very own Who, Me? moment after being forced to apologise for a bug that spammed administrators of Teams Free organisations to suggest they should upgrade to avoid imminent deletion of data. The oopsie actually occurred in April (although a full explanation was not shared until last night) and resulted in …

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  1. Marki Mark
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    Whut?

    "Customer Experience & Obsession Product Manager" Really?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Whut?

      Somebody got to choose their own job title and went for CEO

      (I got to do this once - though my chosen title abbreviated to "MAD Consultant")

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    2. Pascal Monett Silver badge
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      Re: Whut?

      Indeed.

      I wonder what kind of individual would apply for a position where obsession is specifically part of the job.

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    3. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Whut?

      I am now obsessed with tracking down and slapping whichever fuckwit came up with such a nauseating job title (as well as the holder of that job, if it wasn't them themself).

      Seriously, Microshit? Grow the fuck up.

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  2. khjohansen

    If Only!!

    Will MS delete _all_ the data they have collected WRT to me??

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    1. vtcodger Silver badge
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      Re: If Only!!

      Will MS delete _all_ the data they have collected WRT to me??

      Of course not. At least not intentionally. But they probably have you confused with a distant cousin who lives in Albania. When they try to pull data on either of you they will come up with a garbled and mostly harmless composite.

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      1. yetanotheraoc Silver badge
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        Re: If Only!!

        "At least not intentionally."

        teams.items("x").delete

        // oops

        emails.read

        if (backup.teams.items("x").tier != "free")

        backup.teams.items("x").restore

        else

        // do nothing

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  3. teknopaul

    two bugs

    if tier = free...

    is going cost them

    it should be

    if tier == free.

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    1. Red Ted
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      Re: two bugs

      It does depend on what language they are using though.

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      1. captain veg Silver badge
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        Re: two bugs

        Indeed. In JavaScript there really ought to be three equals symbols, but this is not required or enforced. Because it treats you as an adult.

        -A.

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  4. arachnoid2
    Facepalm

    All your bases belong to us

    Its obviously an end user problem

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