I can't even believe that Bookeen would be that stupid.
Unless they only have one programmer for the entire code base the software has to be synced somewhere with the code from the other developers. That synced code should be backed up as part of a routine process. Even start-ups don't rely on individual programmers to handle their own backups.
Having said that, I do believe strongly in individual developers backing up their own code since it's much faster to recover from your own individual backup than requesting it from the IT department. I strongly recommend it to any developers I manage.
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Originally Posted by Over
The firmware wasn't released because the programmer didn't backup his work and forgot the password for his windows login. He's tried to recover the password by brute force, leaving the hacking software run for months, trying millions of different words. And it's still running.
I guess a few months ago Bookeen figured they will never recover the lost password, so he had to start programming again... Again.
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