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Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:50:02 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: QA equals testing, Part One:Detection

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Lynn H. Maxson wrote:
>
> we who make assertions appreciate the appearance of
> a straight man whose very logic supposedly offering
> a counter vision instead supports the original one.

I've been unable to get my in-laws to straighten out, so perhaps you can
straighten *me* out.

> you have no need for either "outside" alpha or beta
> testing and thus "outside" alpha or beta testers.
> You may want to have "outside" validators to distribute
> the validation workload volume produced by the
> software, but you don't need them for actual testing.

So "validation" is sort of like "take it for a test drive and see how it
handles," yes? You already know the program runs; you just want to see
if the public will think it's a Jag or an Edsel, yes?

- Peter

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