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| People for the Ethical Treatment of Software (PETS) announced today that more software companies have been added to the groups "watch list" of companies that regularly practice software testing. | |
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| "There is no need for software to be mistreated this way so companies can market new products," said Ken Granola, a spokesman for PETS. "Alternative methods of testing these products are available." | |
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| According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo lengthy and arduous tests - often without rest - for hours or days at a time. | |
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| Employees are assigned to "break" the software by any means necessary and inside sources report that they often joke about "torturing" the software. | |
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| "It's no joke," Granola said. "Innocent programs are cooped up, 'crashed' for hours on end, their lives spent on ill-maintained computers, and they are deleted when they're not needed anymore." | |
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| "We know alternatives to this horror exist," he said, citing industry giant Microsoft Corp. as a company that has become successful without resorting to software testing. | |
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