Why Software Makers Sell Buggy Software to the Public

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Why Software Makers Sell Buggy Software to the Public

05-26-2006, 11:34 AM,

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Why Software Makers Sell Buggy Software to the Public

Article attempts to explain why software makers like Microsoft sell buggy software to the public:

Quote:Why we all sell code with bugs

Creating quality software products means knowing when to fix bugs and when to leave well alone

The world's six billion people can be divided into two groups: group one, who know why every good software company ships products with known bugs; and group two, who don't. Those in group 1 tend to forget what life was like before our youthful optimism was spoiled by reality. Sometimes we encounter a person in group two, a new hire on the team or a customer, who is shocked that any software company would ship a product before every last bug is fixed.

Every time Microsoft releases a version of Windows, stories are written about how the open bug count is a five-digit number...

full article: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/...95,00.html

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