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From: chandler@kinetics.com (Mark Chandler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: software testing
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.171123.19643@novell.com>
Date: 6 Apr 91 09:19:31 GMT
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1991 17:11:23 GMT

In article <0B010004.xxnisc@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP writes:
>
>Software testing is also VERY EXPENSIVE.  Where I've worked, the test
>teams were bigger than the development teams.  Think about the variety

Really?  What was the ratio of testers to developers?  I'm not trying
to be flammatory, but as an SQA person, I'm just curious.

>of testing they have to do: how many models of Mac are there?  Different
>versions of the system? Memory and monitor and INITs and ... (And don't
>even think about what goes into testing good network software [shudder]).
>They also need to "test" or QA the manuals, help stacks, tutorials, etc.
>
>Anyway, you just can't have enough GOOD testers...
>
Amen!

>-- michael
>
>P.S.  OK, I'll admit it, I'm married to a software tester...
>
>--  Michael Peirce         --   outpost!peirce@claris.com
>--  Peirce Software        --   Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place
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Mark Chandler              |     The opinions expressed above
chandler@wc.novell.com     |     are mine, not my employer's.