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Re:Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Eng... by omouse on Thursday December 03, 2009 @04:33PM (#975274)
Yep, I'm only going to pay attention to the ACM's stuff rather than IEEE. Look at the obsession with percentages and pseudo-mathematical formulas like this: "User satisfaction = quality product + meets requirements + delivered when needed + appropriate cost."
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Re:Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Eng... by tjpick on Thursday December 03, 2009 @10:09PM (#975710)
It's less offensive if you just read it as

> User satisfaction is related to a combination of quality product, meet[ing] requirements, delivered when needed, and appropriate cost.

A lot of code I have seen has weaker mathematical roots, so I got no problem with him stating it how he did.

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