Comments on: iTunes typo causes widespread speculation

By: krye

krye — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:04:59 +0000

Do you think the guys working on the iTunes code are the guys counting the songs? No. This is a classic example of one department not communicating with the other. And when they do, it’s the wrong information. Anyone who has a job should know that this happens everyday.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:29:05 +0000

@Bryan Thomas

You guy’s haven’t noticed each other before? You’re both regulars. For a while I wondered if you just didn’t post your last name sometimes.

By: Bryan Thomas

Bryan Thomas — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:06:37 +0000

That isn’t a big deal… Chill out TUAW and MacNN its nothing to to crazy about.

Hey there’s another Bryan!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:46:20 +0000

@Derek

Tell us what you really think!

By: Derek Hagen

Derek Hagen — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:34:34 +0000

Not less coffee. Less egocentrism, less dishonest trolling for hits, less lying for attention, less nihilism, less bullshit.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:30:45 +0000

Everybody wants to knock the big dog off the porch…Screw ‘em.

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:08:49 +0000

OK. How about calling it an editing mistake. I doubt if the larger number was intentional. I see price mistakes in newspapers on occasion and retractions or corrections are usually made. I don’t see how the iTunes number of songs mistake should be such a big deal. Apple is doing very well overall and this minor bump will disappear in a week unless constantly fueled by those parties jealous of Apple’s success.

By: Mike Peter Reed

Mike Peter Reed — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:35:43 +0000

Perhaps just a rounding error ….

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:33:36 +0000

@Phil

Yeah, I was thinking that maybe 10 million is the world-wide number of songs – since there are a great number of songs that only appear in certain countries, and whoever typed it in was actually typing in the entire world-wide library, instead of the regional amounts – that could be completely wrong, though – who knows?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:49:31 +0000

well making a 10 out of a 6 is not exactly what i’d call a typo. hitting the 5 or 7 instead of the 6, or typing 66, 56, 65, 57, whatever – you get the idea. that’s a typo, something you accidentally spelled wrong. but to make a 10 out of a 6 by mistake – i’d like to see how that happens. so i think it’s safe to say that whoever put the 10 in the text actually meant to do so.

i can still agree with you on your actual point – there’s no big deal to this. someone made a mistake and it was corrected. that happens; maybe he was misinformed, maybe he was exaggerating. who knows? but hey, anything can be made big if you’re a blogger and out for site hits.