I don't know what the fvck you people are installing, but my n900 alarm has never failed, and my son hasn't been late for school as a result. And if for some reason you turn off your n900, a set alarm will turn it back on for fvck's sake!

And as far as Apple goes, I think this bug only surfaced for non-repeating alarms. So people that actually know how to use a work alarm were unaffected. I think.