--- In IBDI@egroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@w...> wrote:

> Yes, you're missing the point of the test suite - it took something

like 40

> man-years to create and obviously has an enormous amount of

dependency

> covered, given the broad range of platforms.

<snip>

> Another way to look at it, of course, is
> that 40 man-years is a year's work for 400 people or 6 weeks for

400. Will

> our 6.0.1 builds be ready for QA in 6 weeks?

Well, Frederick Brooks says "No" - and I tend to agree. <g>

Torsten