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LisaM

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7. Software issues. No surprise.

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:56 AM

Apr 12

I work in IP and one of our patent attorneys was scoffing at the quality of software companies currently deliver. They promise all kinds of things, but no deliverables. She says a lot of it is absolute garbage.

That, and they probably didn't test it thoroughly. I have done beta testing and it needs to be rigorous.

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Software issues. No surprise. LisaM Apr 12 #7

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