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>For commercial software, the dilemma is that the client won't pay the price
needed to assure bug-free software.
This seems to be the conventional wisdom but I think we need to question
this assertion. If clients were offered a choice between two versions of the
same software, one that worked properly and one that didn't, do you think
they would choose the dysfunctional version, even at a substantial discount?
No, the phenomenon of the acceptance of crappy software is a temporary one,
I am sure. Eventually, software is going to lose its mystique and will have
to comply with the bargaining standards to which everything else is subject.
