History of Software Patches?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 15, 2002 @03:45AM from the digital-archaeology dept.

NinaBeth asks: "I'm interested in the history behind software patches for an academic paper I'm writing. In particularly, I'm wondering what motivates shrink-wrap software companies to release patches? Why send out 'broken software'? Is it purely financial? Has anyone done a cost-savings analysis of QC prior to release versus user-reported problems? Any stats on the average number of patches an application will require? Is any one particular company more patch-happy than others? I don't need much, just a reference or two would be helpful. Thanks for any suggestions!"

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UGS is a bad company for pathces by wang33 · 2002-01-15 04:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Unigraphics Solutions the maker of solid edge puts out service packs monthly. Solid Edge V10 in the 1st five months out there were 5 servvice packs all 50-80 megs. If there are that many bloody fixes i am surprised the software wven ran out of the box.

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