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Sorry for my late posting of replies; I'm recoveri...

2009-03-16T10:14:00.000-04:00

Sorry for my late posting of replies; I'm recovering from pneumonia and have just started to feel like I'm going to live and need to rejoin society...

I don't need a refund on "Perfect Software"; it was a thoughtful book by someone that knows testing. It just wasn't written for someone like me. However, I maintain a relatively large library of books here at work which I loan out and make available to my staff; I think many of them would like this one. It's accessible, easy to read, and will serve to reinforce their training by explaining concepts and issues they've heard before in a different way. I'll offer it to my boss, but it's unlikely he'll find the time to read it.

Phil, I'll go back and check your limerick thread (Software Testing Club, for those of you that want to check it out) sometime today, but I'm thinking perhaps software testing and poetry don't mix!!!

- Linda

Not sure why anybody would think this was a bad re...

2009-03-14T15:07:00.000-04:00

Not sure why anybody would think this was a bad review - it seems very fair to me, although my reaction to the book was much more enthusiastic. I'm in a rather different audience group to you as someone much newer to the field, and it seems really useful to me to have a short, approachable book that I can use to explain various ideas to people who either have very little or no understanding of testing (and, as a relatively junior person, pointing to a book is more useful to me as it comes with credibility I don't yet possess, because I haven't earned it yet).

As you say, the people who would most benefit are those who aren't likely to read it or buy it - but I live in hope that I can persuade a few to try it.

I suggest you see the recent additions on the STC ...

2009-03-08T05:59:00.000-04:00

I suggest you see the recent additions on the STC site to see it wasnt that hard a challenge...

Linda, I can't resist a challenge, so here's my li...

2009-03-07T13:29:00.000-05:00

Linda, I can't resist a challenge, so here's my limerick:

Said a tired young man from Schenectady

Who tested a badly connected tree

"I could have been rested,

If only I'd tested

Cyclomatic complexity."

Now that you've conceded my skill as a writer, let me apologize for not making myself clearer about my book, "Perfect Software."

As you so astutely noted, the book is not really for experienced and knowledgeable test managers like yourself:

"Most professional testers will know most of what's in this book, but I hope that by reading on, thy will see new ways to communicate what they know—to their managers, developers, coworkers, and customers.

"I'd like to help both developers and testers understand what their managers face when they confront software testing issues." (from the Preface)

Hopefully, you'll be able to use the book in these ways, and others, but if you don't feel you received your money's worth, I'd be glad to send you a refund. I want all my readers to get their money's worth.

And thanks for taking the trouble to read the book and write a review.

If you can get a limerick out of "cyclomatic compl...

2009-03-06T16:24:00.000-05:00

If you can get a limerick out of "cyclomatic complexity", then I'll concede you're a much better poet than I am!!!!

- Linda

Ouch. I was thinking of re-writing chapter 7 entir...

2009-03-06T13:12:00.000-05:00

Ouch. I was thinking of re-writing chapter 7 entirely in limericks.