the latest stories tagged with 'QA' from DotNetKicks.com http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss DotNetKicks.com - .NET links, community driven 30 * Programmers are craftsmen. As craftsmen, they work to a quality line, NOT a deadline. * Software is not industrial. It is not a product that has a direct correlation between quantity and value. * Because it is both a craft and a replicatable product, software has both elements of pre-industrial (ie craftsmanship) and post-industrial products. * Programmers do not respect authority, only ability. * There is programmer calculus: "We have two different opinions. You have one vote. I, being smarter and more well-informed, have two votes." * Programmers are quick to adapt when it makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2ftimoni.org%2f%3fp%3d30"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2ftimoni.org%2f%3fp%3d30" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/other/An_Insurgence_of_Quality_The_Trials_of_Making_High_Quality_Software http://www.dotnetkicks.com/other/An_Insurgence_of_Quality_The_Trials_of_Making_High_Quality_Software Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:16:00 GMT Dave Schmitt, Microsoft evangelist posts his responses to a list of questions about .NET from someone obviously in favour of J2EE <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.msdn.com%2fcraeblog%2farchive%2f2006%2f07%2f19%2f671795.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.msdn.com%2fcraeblog%2farchive%2f2006%2f07%2f19%2f671795.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/architecture/Have_you_stopped_beating_your_dog_yet http://www.dotnetkicks.com/architecture/Have_you_stopped_beating_your_dog_yet Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:31:01 GMT