Most Commonly Heard Excuses for Software Problems 1. It used to work. 2. It worked on MY machine. 3. Simple bug, I'll fix it. 4. 99% ready. 5. If I run it a few times, it works. 6. Ignore the error message, it's not important. 7. I have no idea why it doesn't work. 8. It is a hardware problem. 9. It works as designed. 10. What did you do to it? 11. It's Microsoft's fault. 12. The compiler generated the wrong object code. 13. It's the network. 14. I cannot reproduce it. 15. Don't blame me. It's not my routine. 16. Hey, I'm not perfect 17. Are you sure you ran the right program? 18. I have a flight.