[sam_paine]

Know what you mean! Imagine if software had a similar compliance test!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Some software (certainy not ALL) does have very strict compliance testing - On the wall of my cubicle, I have a printout list that explains the various regulatory standards any software I write (Yes, I also do 'Software Engineering') must meet - for example, all of our Alarms are software-driven - and they have certain federal regulatory standards they must meet, and if they do not meet or exceed those requirements, someone is in trouble... It's certainy different for some guy writing code to create a Word Processor... If the Bold doesn't work, no one will die...

I DO have a problem with 'sanitation engineers', 'Customer Service Engineers' and in most cases 'Software Engineers'... Some VB Programmer, writing software, is a lot different than a guy who, for example, writes software which communicates with Natural Gas Meters for meter 'proving'...

I guess my point is, not ALL Software "Engineers" are Engineers - but some are...

[gitmo]

Know what you mean! Imagine if software had a similar compliance test!

You haven't seen the testing standards we employ for software. My last project had over 7,000 pages of testing requirements. The testing took 9 people close to a year. I'm not willing to shut down a billion dollar enterprise by inadequate testing.