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New York, __ -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Software
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(PETS) announced today that seven more software companies have
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been added to the group's "watch list" of companies that regularly
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practice software testing.
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"There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that
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companies like these can market new products," said Ken Granola,
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spokesperson for PETS. "Alternative methods of testing these
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products are available."
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According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo
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lengthy and arduous tests, often without rest, for hours or
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days at a time. Employees are assigned to "break" the software
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by any means necessary, and inside sources report that they
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often joke about "torturing' the software.
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"It's no joke," said Granola. "Innocent programs, from the day they
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are compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and 'crashed' for hours on
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end. They spend their whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained
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computers, and are unceremoniously deleted when they're not needed
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anymore."
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Granola said the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is
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infested with bugs.
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We know alternatives to this horror exist," He said, citing
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industry giant Microsoft Corporation as a company that has become
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extremely successful without resorting to software testing.
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-From Somewhere on the Internet
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