>Personally, I think MS has a bug here that they are simply not able to reproduce (and we all know those bugs are hard to fix).

Possibly you are right, but
>So for now it's getting ignored.

When I am in such a situation, I usually try my hand on it (sometimes even slipping it in with "planned work", since budget is not always there or it is directed elsewhere <g>) and talk about it when it was fixed. Since I have quite a good average, I am able to cover/hide the times when the bug slips by and I am not autorized to work on it - as also happens <bg>.

Especially Aleksey also tries to give some background info, which helps, and sometimes tells about fixes/changes afterwards - so your statement sounds a bit too harsh to my ears. Do you have more facts about usual modus operandi at MS ?

regards

thomas