My apologies in advance for the off-topic item.
     -Bob
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> Testers, beware.  You may be picketed next!
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> NEW YORK - People for the Ethical Treatment of Software (PETS) announced
> today that more software companies have been added to the groups "watch
> list" of companies that regularly practice software testing.
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> "There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that
> companies like these can market new products," said Ken Grandola, a
> spokesman for PETS. "Alternative methods of testing these products are
> available."
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> According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo lengthy and
> arduous test - 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.
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> "It's no joke," Grandola said.  "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 they are unceremoniously deleted when they're not
>  needed anymore."
>
> Grandola said that the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is
> infested with bugs.
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> "We know alternatives to this horror exist," he said, citing industry
>   giant Microsoft Corp. as a company that has become successful without
>     resorting to software testing.
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