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In article <1992Dec29.145649.5377@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
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>Hey, let's face it.  Users want software with zero defects, infinite
>features, and such a simple interface that no manuals are required,
>and they want it delivered yesterday.  And woe be unto he who gives
>them software when they demand it that still has a bug in it.
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I don't think it comes down to whether or not the software has one bug, but
how many bugs, and what are the severity of said bugs?  I remember around
this time last year, playing the game "Might and Magic III" and finding typos
all over the place (one of which made you end up with an answer to a number
puzzle that was something like a factor of 12 higher than intended) and
another that made it impossible to win the game, until you called the company
and they gave you the information... I'm using the example of a game because,
well, it IS the one I'm most familiar with, and one can easily see that the
game was not playtested to the end... it's the glaring examples that seem to
make it all seem like a much worse problem than it is...

Oh, and by the way, there are bugs in OS/2, Windows (and maybe even in DOS)
that people complain about... but ya gotta realize... this is no game, and
it's no spreadsheet... it's an OPERATING SYSTEM... we're talking a whole new
level of programming.

And to note another point of yours... 'they want it delivered yesterday'...
Well, yeah... I do want it delivered yesterday, considering that they
publically announced its release months ago. ;)