Why is software quality important? These days, every business in every sector needs software to function. When software quality is sub-par, businesses suffer. According to a study commissioned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in 2002 software errors were estimated to cost 0.6% of gross domestic product in the US, which translated to nearly $60 billion (NIST 2002). Some real-life examples of the cost of quality include:
- The crash of the Ariane 5 launch system, which cost many billions of dollars to develop
- The Toys "R" Us Web site failure in 1999 and 2000, in which poor performance cost the company millions of dollars
- Credit card information theft due to security defects, which cost millions
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Top 8 Most Annoying Technologies
Technological developments are usually well received and serve to improve our lives. However, some have caused nothing but annoyance and extreme frustration. The IT Job Board surveyed over 100 IT workers and brings you the Top 8 results starting from the most annoying.
1) Pop Up Ads:
Perhaps the single most annoying online invention and the bane of Internet users. They are even responsible for countless browser crashes and have resulted in unauthorised software installations and ID theft.
2) MAC OS Error Messages:
In the days before Mac OS X, users were regularly left on the brink of a nervous breakdown with '34' and '108' error type messages. System crashes resulted in these obscure messages that only Apple developers understood.
3) Flash Adverts:
You’re going about your normal business when SMACK, a flash movie starts playing, blocking what you’re trying to view. The frustration increases as you scramble to look for the ‘close’ button, which isn’t always in the same place.
4) Windows Vista:
Vista promised to be an all-singing, all-dancing, industry revolutionising phenomenon… in fact, it turned out to be XP in a posh tux! This resource-heavy system caused Microsoft numerous problems, from delayed launches and lawsuits to misleading ‘Vista Capable’ hardware stickers.
5) Microblogging:
‘My hamster had her stitches out’, ‘I just sneezed’… more to the point, who cares! Satisfying people’s cravings to share every itch and scratch, the ‘tweeting’ generation offers little to audiences or ‘followers’ apart from the stream of pointless comments.
6) Social Bookmarking Sites:
What was wrong with a browser’s ‘favourites’ list? Too easy? Well sites like Digg want you to work harder. In essence, you have to bookmark a bookmarking site to access your bookmarked sites… great!
7) Social Networks:
What started as a great way of communicating with distant friends and family has turned into a modern day plague of ‘zombies and werewolves’, ‘be my top friend’ and ‘I’ve nothing better to do so I’ll annoy you’ invites.
8) MS Office Assistant:
Most of us aren’t really keen on someone watching over our shoulder and correcting us as we work. Microsoft thought it would be fun to incorporate this into earlier versions of Office and thus the nuisance that was Clippy the Assistant was born.
Font: IT Job Board
1) Pop Up Ads:
Perhaps the single most annoying online invention and the bane of Internet users. They are even responsible for countless browser crashes and have resulted in unauthorised software installations and ID theft.
2) MAC OS Error Messages:
In the days before Mac OS X, users were regularly left on the brink of a nervous breakdown with '34' and '108' error type messages. System crashes resulted in these obscure messages that only Apple developers understood.
3) Flash Adverts:
You’re going about your normal business when SMACK, a flash movie starts playing, blocking what you’re trying to view. The frustration increases as you scramble to look for the ‘close’ button, which isn’t always in the same place.
4) Windows Vista:
Vista promised to be an all-singing, all-dancing, industry revolutionising phenomenon… in fact, it turned out to be XP in a posh tux! This resource-heavy system caused Microsoft numerous problems, from delayed launches and lawsuits to misleading ‘Vista Capable’ hardware stickers.
5) Microblogging:
‘My hamster had her stitches out’, ‘I just sneezed’… more to the point, who cares! Satisfying people’s cravings to share every itch and scratch, the ‘tweeting’ generation offers little to audiences or ‘followers’ apart from the stream of pointless comments.
6) Social Bookmarking Sites:
What was wrong with a browser’s ‘favourites’ list? Too easy? Well sites like Digg want you to work harder. In essence, you have to bookmark a bookmarking site to access your bookmarked sites… great!
7) Social Networks:
What started as a great way of communicating with distant friends and family has turned into a modern day plague of ‘zombies and werewolves’, ‘be my top friend’ and ‘I’ve nothing better to do so I’ll annoy you’ invites.
8) MS Office Assistant:
Most of us aren’t really keen on someone watching over our shoulder and correcting us as we work. Microsoft thought it would be fun to incorporate this into earlier versions of Office and thus the nuisance that was Clippy the Assistant was born.
Font: IT Job Board
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