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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title>The Importance of a Test System</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2009/08/05/the-importance-of-a-test-system.aspx</link><description>Most of us have three environments in our organizations: Development, Staging, and Production. But I don't count Staging as a test system. Sure, I use it to do an integration test for code before it goes to the users, but that's not the only kind of testing</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>re: The Importance of a Test System</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2009/08/05/the-importance-of-a-test-system.aspx#9859087</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:53:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9859087</guid><dc:creator>Brian Tkatch</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Agreed. Good points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;They always say a &amp;quot;word to the wise&amp;quot;, but I&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;don't think the wise need the word, do they?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;It's the rest of us that need the warning!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Good question. Ready for a Bible lesson? :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;A Href = &amp;quot;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Dan&amp;amp;c=2&amp;amp;v=21&amp;amp;t=KJV#comm/21&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dan"&gt;http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Dan&amp;amp;c=2&amp;amp;v=21&amp;amp;t=KJV#comm/21&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dan&lt;/a&gt; 2:21&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt; says &amp;quot;he giveth wisdom unto the wise&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Midrash Tanchuma has a &amp;lt;A Href = &amp;quot;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=9XFeKX1w50sC&amp;amp;pg=PA259&amp;quot;&amp;gt;passage&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;"&gt;http://books.google.com/books?id=9XFeKX1w50sC&amp;amp;pg=PA259&amp;quot;&amp;gt;passage&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt; on it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It might also be worthwhile to look at Ecclesiastes &amp;lt;A Href = &amp;quot;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Ecc&amp;amp;c=7&amp;amp;v=19&amp;amp;t=KJV#comm/19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;7:19&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;"&gt;http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Ecc&amp;amp;c=7&amp;amp;v=19&amp;amp;t=KJV#comm/19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;7:19&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9859073" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: The Importance of a Test System</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2009/08/05/the-importance-of-a-test-system.aspx#9858279</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:06:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9858279</guid><dc:creator>Cameron Mergel</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Counldn't agree more, especially the Virtual PC route. &amp;nbsp;Love the product!&lt;/p&gt;
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