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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/"><channel><title>James Whittaker on Why MS Software &amp;quot;Sucks&amp;quot; Despite Our Testing</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2008/10/02/james-whittaker-on-why-ms-software-sucks-despite-our-testing.aspx</link><description>A friend turned me on to this post by James Whittaker.&amp;#160; I didn't know he had a blog so now I'm excited to read it.&amp;#160; He has a lot of really interesting things to say on testing so I encourage you to read his blog (now linked on the left) if you</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>re: James Whittaker on Why MS Software "Sucks" Despite Our Testing</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2008/10/02/james-whittaker-on-why-ms-software-sucks-despite-our-testing.aspx#8973944</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:02:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8973944</guid><dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Software problems go far beyond what can be found through a test.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the specification has a problem at test will only tell you that the program works perfectly according to the specification without crashing. &amp;nbsp;The test will not tell you that the application is not doing what people what it to do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you give them what they need instead of what they want?&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: James Whittaker on Why MS Software "Sucks" Despite Our Testing</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2008/10/02/james-whittaker-on-why-ms-software-sucks-despite-our-testing.aspx#9015291</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:43:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9015291</guid><dc:creator>Director</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hmm, maybe somebody should apply the Five Why's from the later post?&lt;/p&gt;
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