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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 13 Oct 2009 16:35
Looks like you're being the subject of, what's the phrase? Oh yes:

"They treat software release as a beta test!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm

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From: muddy cat on 13 Oct 2009 16:49
In article <xY72YX90RO1KJAUf(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>,
Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

> Looks like you're being the subject of, what's the phrase? Oh yes:
>
> "They treat software release as a beta test!"
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm

That's not all they need to fix.

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From: ginge on 13 Oct 2009 17:58
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

>Looks like you're being the subject of, what's the phrase? Oh yes:
>
>"They treat software release as a beta test!"
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm

Maybe they could learn something from the Windows 7 Public beta.

:-)
From: frag on 13 Oct 2009 17:52
wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk took a blunt brush and painted...
>
> Looks like you're being the subject of, what's the phrase? Oh yes:
>
> "They treat software release as a beta test!"
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm

Name me one software company where the QA department can overrule the sales
manager(s) and hold back a release because they haven't gotten the number of
bugs down to a "reasonable" level.

I'm sick of it.

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From: crn on 13 Oct 2009 18:24
frag <news4(a)ukrm.co.uk> wrote:
> wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk took a blunt brush and painted...
> >
> > Looks like you're being the subject of, what's the phrase? Oh yes:
> >
> > "They treat software release as a beta test!"
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm
>
> Name me one software company where the QA department can overrule the sales
> manager(s) and hold back a release because they haven't gotten the number of
> bugs down to a "reasonable" level.

Very little software gets properly released, most of it just escapes.

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