At 06:00 AM 09-08-00 +0000, you wrote:

>--- 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

<smile> I have The Mythical Man-Month right beside me as I read this
email. And I thought I was going to get flamed for the arithmetic!

:-))

Helen

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