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Why Care About Testing Processes?

• Bugs are expensive
  US economy loses $60B yearly due to bugs, $20B of which could be saved through better testing
• Bugs drive away customers
  Handwriting recognition bugs in Newton cost Apple the person digital assistant (PDA) market
• Bugs sometimes kill people
  Therac-25 overdoses, Patriot clock overflow
• Inadequate testing endangers the project
  Bad testing processes can increase the risk of project delay or cancellation by 25 to 300%