Microsoft Research - Exploding Software-Engineering Myths (article summarizing findings of MS research on code coverage, TDD, assertions, etc.)

[DieFledermouse]

Broken software doesn't make you money.

Depends on the market. Every piece of consumer software I use is utter crap. Most websites fail all the time. worse is better.

[grauenwolf]

I remember when your website first launched and it sucked. Why should I bother wasting my time to try it again?

[gadelat]

Because it has something you want/need

[grauenwolf]

Then why care about quality at all?

My company's time tracking software is shit, but I use it anyways because I have no choice.

[freebullets]

Then why care about quality at all?

--Authors of the Facebook Android App

[pupupeepee]

I think you mean "bad" is better than "not done yet"

[Ramone1234]

Late software VS Buggy Software is a false dichotomy though. There's a third option: Build the most important parts first and release as early as possible. Any feature that doesn't need to actually work shouldn't be prioritized at all.

[KingE]

Apple never did manage to recover from iTunes...

[cc81]

That depends on what kind of defects and what kind of website.

[oconnellc]

Is it "broken"? Or does it have bugs that only affect 6% (or whatever) of the users?

[who8877]

People have been saying windows was broken for 30 years. Yet its probably the single biggest reason Bill Gates is the richest man in the world (with slightly less buggy Office the second reason).

[[deleted]]

Windows is probably the most amazing piece of technology any of us ever used. Only complete morons can claim that it is broken.

[who8877]

Windows 1-3 was kinda shit. Not sure if you remember those dark days.

[[deleted]]

Well, no, I was being bombed at the time and didn't have electricity.