PETS Considers Software Testing Unethical!
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 1:54 pm
AP - "People for Ethical Treatment of Software" (PETS) announced today that more software companies have been added to the group's watch list of companies that regularly practice software testing.
"There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that companies like these can market new products," said Ken Grandola, 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.
Grandola said the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is
infested with bugs.
"It's no joke," said Grandola. "Innocent programs, from the day they are compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and 'crashed' for hours on end. They spend their whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained
computers, and are unceremoniously deleted when they are not
needed anymore."
"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.
Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:805, old post ID:6964
"There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that companies like these can market new products," said Ken Grandola, 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.
Grandola said the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is
infested with bugs.
"It's no joke," said Grandola. "Innocent programs, from the day they are compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and 'crashed' for hours on end. They spend their whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained
computers, and are unceremoniously deleted when they are not
needed anymore."
"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.
Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:805, old post ID:6964
unfortunately I would say microsoft is the main enemy of PETH (people for the ethical treatment of hardware)