Category: Quality assurance

Breath-test manufacturer sued to release source code for devices »

Judges in Minnesota have ruled — in over 100 cases — that drivers charged with DWI, as part of their defense, have a right to examine the source code of the breath-test machines used. Those rulings were upheld by the Minnesota Supreme Court last July. The breath-test device manufacturer, CMI, Inc., has to date refused [...]

When IT systems failure is not an option »

Here’s an interesting story over at Physorg.com about the IT project supporting the 2008 Olympics in Beijing:
Atos Origin is the information technology partner for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with the job of designing, building and operating the invisible IT infrastructure that supplies results, events and athlete information to the media, spectators and the world.
It [...]

Developers and SQA »

I’ve written a post over at my other website on why software engineers should spend time working in software quality assurance on a regular basis. ..bruce w..