Raymond Chen blogs about how a bug with a game was enough to slip the release of XP SP2:
One of the sources of the unpredictability of the bug burndown is in finding the bugs in the first place. In LookingForTrouble, there's even evidence ...
tags: ComputersAndTechnology
During the run-up to Windows XP Service Pack 2 Beta in December of last year, there was a list of five bugs that the release management team decided were so critical that they were going to slip the beta until those bugs got fixed.Going through a bug burndown can be nerve-wracking for anyone who has unrealistic expectations. I don't think I've ever seen the powers of denial so starkly as in the days before a scheduled release. Statements of certainty (“I just found the last bug”) are just laughable to anyone paying attention to reality in a code and fix environment.
The third bug on the list: Deer Hunter 4 won't run.
Deer Hunter has the power to stop a beta.
One of the sources of the unpredictability of the bug burndown is in finding the bugs in the first place. In LookingForTrouble, there's even evidence ...
tags: ComputersAndTechnology