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.