Chapter 12. Build Verification Tests and Smoke Tests
Philosophy: Eating our own dog food. | ||
| --Paul Maritz, former vice president of systems at Microsoft | ||
What does this dog food philosophy mean? As explained in the earlier chapters, we at Microsoft test our own software on our developer, IT, and—in some cases—home systems before we ship a product out the door. In other words, we eat our own dog food. Why is this relevant? The following sidenote illustrates why.
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