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"We're hoping that reliability and robustness for drivers will improve," Jon Hagen, a Microsoft developer who works on the Static Driver Verifier, said in an interview at WinHEC. "There is a need because of the complexity of writing kernel drivers...We're doing this to avoid blue screens."

try to cath flaws in device driver code... What made them think they need such a tool after 25+ years of unstable systems, with the crappy DD code being one of the main culprits? They SPEED at which they REALIZE things is only rivaled by the speed at which they release stable code.... wink
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no really are you sure  toxicfreak | 05/26/06
Pretty sure.  A_Pickle | 05/27/06
Just what we need...  Mr. Roboto | 05/26/06
You?  KTLA | 05/26/06
Nah  CobraA1 | 05/26/06
Um...  A_Pickle | 05/27/06
This could work...  zkiwi | 05/26/06
This article is about writing drivers,  PB_z | 05/26/06
ooooh  KTLA | 05/26/06
...and uh...  A_Pickle | 05/27/06
MIcroswoft or I came to the conclusion ?  not of this world | 05/27/06
Ha ha ha!  A_Pickle | 05/27/06
Not much hope for it  Boot_Agnostic | 05/27/06
The trouble is...  A_Pickle | 05/27/06
No  Boot_Agnostic | 05/29/06
Billy ought to become a politician.  HypnoToad72 | 05/27/06
And...  A_Pickle | 05/27/06
LOL  dave95. | 05/28/06
Firefox and Microsoft Investigations  brotherjim01@... | 05/27/06
Miss are you kidding  not of this world | 05/28/06
Looking at this differently  somd | 05/29/06
I guess that they have a set of rules or guideliness they  michael_t | 05/30/06
Well said  somd | 05/31/06
They should hand deliver this program...  toadlife | 05/29/06
I cannot find anymore problem with my OS  colinmaharaj@... | 05/30/06
Not a minute too soon MS woke up and released the BETA tools to  michael_t | 05/30/06

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