SOFTWARE BUGS COST BIG BUCKS

["Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>]

[Quoted from "CITO Linkline - November 29, 2002",
see www.cito.ca]

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SOFTWARE BUGS COST BIG BUCKS
A recent study by the U.S. National Institute for
Standards and Technology found that software
glitches cost the American economy $59.5 billion
annually. The study suggests that better testing
during software development could reduce that cost
by a third, or $22.2 billion per year. According
to the study, 80 percent of the cost of developing
software goes into discovering and fixing bugs.
Because of this, there is an increasing interest
in development tools and techniques to both reduce
the cost of software development and foster the
creation of more robust, reliable code.

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Of course, the usual response to this is that
"there is an increasing interest in development
tools and techniques". But the Ada word never
gets mentioned.  Yet the words "to both reduce
the cost of software development and foster the
creation of more robust, reliable code" just
seems to scream "Ada".

* sigh *

Notice particularly the statement "80 percent
of the cost of developing software goes into
discovering and fixing bugs". Again.. I don't
need to say it here.

Maybe with A#, at least the MicroSofties will
become more aware of "other alternatives"? And
maybe they'll tell 2 friends..
-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg