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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 20:11:54 +0000


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NEWSFLASH!!!!!
SEVEN SOFTWARE COMPANIES ADDED TO "WATCH LIST"

New York - People for Ethical Treatment of Software (PETS) announced
today that seven more software companies have been added to the group's
"watch list" of companies that regularly practice software testing.

"There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that
companies like these can market new products," said Ken Grandola,
spokesperson for PETS. "Alternative methods of testing these products
are available."

According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo lengthy and
arduous tests, often without rest, for hours or days at time. Employees
are assigned to "break" the software by any means necessary, and inside
sources report that they often joke about "torturing" the software.

"It's no joke," said Grandola. "Innocent programs, from the day they are
compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and "crashed" for hours on end.
They spend their whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained computers, and are
unceremoniously deleted when they're not needed anymore."

Grandola said the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is
infested with bugs.

"We know that alternatives to this horror exist," he said, citing
industry giant Microsoft Corporation as a company that has become
successful without resorting to software testing.


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