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Inside The Development of Windows NT: Testing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the debugging-the-beast dept.

The Qube writes "As a followup to the in-depth story posted back in February regarding the history and the development of Windows NT, part 3 of the series of articles is now online. It discusses the software testing procedures inside Microsoft."

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  1. Microsoft has testing procedures? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I guess you have to make sure those "features" work correctly

    1. Re:Microsoft has testing procedures? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      *clicks start*
      *pink screen of death*
      Damn, even thats buggy.

  2. Microsoft's testing: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    QA Engineer 1: "Does it compile?"
    QA Engineer 2: "Yup."
    QA Engineer 1: "Okay, I'm declaring it GM and releasing it to manufacturing."
    QA Engineer 2: "It's 'Miller Time'!"

    1. Re:Microsoft's testing: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is it strange that 'F7' is spell check in M$ word and compile in dev studio?

    2. Re:Microsoft's testing: by Grease · · Score: 5, Funny
      QA Engineer 2: "It's 'Miller Time'!"
      As an ex-MS employee, I take great offense at this statement. In fact, we drank Red Hook, not Miller.
    3. Re:Microsoft's testing: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      In fact, we drank Red Hook, not Miller.

      The stock's gone down since you left. Not only are they drinking Miller, they get their coffee at the local Exxon stations now, as well.

  3. Obligatory by MacroRex · · Score: 2, Funny

    But wasn't it supposed to be Not Tested?

  4. Let's see- by Omkar · · Score: 0, Funny

    1. They test it??? lololololol!
    2. M$ sucks. Use Linux - it's tested by millions worldwide.
    3. Teh QA is bribed!

    Did I miss any other particularly obvious comments?

  5. Heres another one by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up it is perfect." - Linus Torvalds

    --
    Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
  6. I'm definitely sticking with gnome by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article (not kidding!):

    Originally, the KDE worked to upgrade its infrastructure to Windows 2000 on its own. But after spending 18 months evaluating and testing, Cornett realized they'd need some help. The department contacted Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) to ask about architectural guidance, and hired a full-time technical account manager from Microsoft's Enterprise Services group. Eventually, the KDE joined Windows Server 2003 Rapid Adoption Program (RAP), which allowed them to begin working with the product early in its development process.

    (ok, so when you look into it you're likely to realize that it's the Kentucky Dept of Education, but when skimming the article it caught my eye and I was really confused!)

  7. The video of this is out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It starts off with a room. a huge room... the largest one you've ever seen...

    The camera flies down, zooming in & out, between dozens of the ten million monkeys at ten million PCs, and back up to a control desk manned by straw-chewing yokels.

    A screen flashes red

    "Sir! Monkey number Y435A23J has come up with something that boots!"

    The camera pans around to Bill Gates' face

    "I call it... Windows 2008. Release it"

    or something

  8. Re:Text of the article (fixed formatting) by Omkar · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know you're on slashdot when a post begins

    Windows Server 2003: The Road To Gold
    Part Three: Testing Windows

    and ends

    Can anyone recommend a way to get my cat off heroin? It would be much appreciated.

  9. Re:Development costs by Ciderx · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you didn't use OS X prior to version 10.1.5?

  10. what they shoulda done... by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. write article about testing windows 2003 server.
    2. host article on a windows 2003 server
    3. post article to slashdot
    4. take notes
    5. fix bugs/adjust settings/add features
    6. goto 1.