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PETS issues warning to PostNuke Dev Team

Contributed by on Aug 04, 2002 - 01:44 AM

'There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that companies


like these can market new products.' said Sascha Endlicher, spokesperson for


PETS. 'Alternative methods of testing these products are available'


According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo lengthy and


arduous tests, often without rest, for hours or days at a time. Employees are


assigned to 'break' the software by any means necessary, and inside sources


report that they often joke about 'torturing' the software.


'It's no joke,' Sascha said . 'Innocent programs, from the day the are


compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and 'crashed' for hours on end. They spend


the whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained computers, and are unceremoniously


deleted when they're not needed anymore'.


Sascha said the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is


infested with bugs.


'We know that alternatives to this horror exist.' he said, citing industry


giant Microsoft Corporation as a company that has become successful without


resorting to software testing.



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