Fred,

Perhaps you could provide an example of the bug?


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"fred" wrote in message
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I paid a consultant for a bunch of formulas
and built a spreadsheet with them.
The results didn't match those of the consultant.
I thought some formulas must have been keyed in wrong, so we
went over everything 15 times. Days later, that was ruled out.

Next, we suspected the consultants math.
After several consultant-hours we nailed it down to
a math bug in Excel.

After nearly a decade I can't believe it still exists.
I tried it in Excel 2002 and 2003 -- both have the bug.
It's not an everyday thing,
but it's not rare or esoteric either.
When consultant found it, he was shocked and said
they "should be sued".
It's not arguable -- it's wrong, it's a bug.

Since it cost me $2000 to find it, I'd like to know
if Microsoft has any kind of pay-for-bugs programs.
Or maybe magazines that would buy this info.

Any ideas for how I can get reimbursed?

Fred