[lug] Software complexity

[Nate Duehr]

On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Zan Lynx wrote:
>
> Try Ball Aerospace or Lockheed Martin. They are both local. I know  
> that
> the last thing anyone wants is a $60+ million piece of hardware  
> failing
> because of some bad code, so they are willing to spend a few million  
> on
> quality.


Don't have any personal experience, but locally Raytheon and Boeing  
also work on a "cost plus" contractual basis on Government bids... two  
other places to check.

Additionally, in SOME Divisions of Telco's... the code has to work...  
things like Billing.  There's not enough processing cycles to re-run  
Billing without major delays in revenue... so many telco billing  
systems might be this "critical"...

(My boss always teaches that telco billing problems are high-priority  
with this quote, "If you can't bill for it, it's just a hobby.")  :-)

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