Once again JR, Bob's point was not to release a program with any bugs at all. That is what I was refuting. Please re-read this thread from the beginning of Bob's orig. comment.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John R. Bayle Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Update - 23 March 2005, Version 5.0.0.217 Glen wrote: > So thorough testing would require ALL POSSIBLE hardware and software > combinations. I do beta testing. I test on many platforms. I've done DVT testing and been involved in beta test plans for some very large High-Tech companies. If you do Beta testing then you know that no one does the kind of exhaustive testing you claim in the phrase "ALL POSSIBLE hardware and software". Not M'soft, not Intel, not Oracle, not Dell, not HP, not Adobe ... none because it's prohibitively expensive as you pointed out in an earlier posting. So instead companies test on "many platforms". Because Intel tests each new stepping of their chips, as well as each new model, that means that Oracle and others don't have to. It would be silly for Legacy (even if possible) or any other software to be tested with every possible combination of all possible hardware devices, let alone all different versions of software, prom code, firmware releases, driver releases, etc. Thorough testing is NEVER the kind of exhaustive testing you specified. It is instead testing on "many platforms" that one hopes to be representative of certain classes that are "interesting" -- perhaps because problems have been found before with certain combinations. It seems to me and apparently some others on this list that Millennia's testing of Legacy should be more thorough. But it certainly is not necessary or even desireable to do the kind of exhaustive testing that you seem to advocating as the only possible alternative to the current situation. It also seems to me that you are deliberately setting up a false Straw Man in order to justify the status quo. jr Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
