THE above tweet is yet another one of those examples where technical incompetence creeps in and embarrasses the EPO. We have given more examples of this and we often blame this on brain drain -- an epidemic which impacts not only technical staff but also examination. Maybe the developers were pressured to up their PACE and they didn't test what they were about to unleash in bulk. Based on the EPO's explanation of this error [1, 2, 3], negligence or lack of testing was the cause. How symbolic of the EPO's problems under Battistelli. Quality does not matter, only quantity, e.g. of E-mails and spendings. ⬆