If programmers could fly...

[shadron]

Perhaps the best piece of work EDS has ever been associated with...

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[not daSkeptic]

This advertisement would be much more accurate if the components being installed on the aircraft were completely untested and assumed to be correct.

[Nick Bogaerts]

Also, the client should change his mind halfway through and ask for a helicopter instead.

[not daSkeptic]

... and every so often a passenger should fly out the back because their seat wasn't properly bolted down.

[Angus McPresley]

Amusing commercial, but I for one am just commenting here to point out the stark contrast between shadron's and daSkeptic's avatars...

[Almo]

But they CAN fly:

http://xkcd.com/353/

[andycal]

I've got an almost overwhelming urge to slot in a 9/11 joke. But I won't, I'll let you bad boys find your own.

[arthwollipot]

Meh. Not as clever as their cat-herding ad from a few years back.

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[not daSkeptic]

The software business in a nutshell:


Select unqualified personnel who have no experience with the tools, techniques, or theory necessary for the job. Expect them to learn on route.
Arbitrarily select components to be integrated. Insist it's the developer's job to make them work together.
Perform absolutely no research. Commit to a strategy blindly with the assumption it will be successful.
Do not verify any work. Trust that everyone is infallible.
Conduct development activities on live systems. Laboratory environments are a pain and add no value.
Ignore defects. Nobody will notice anyway.
Employ management techniques that are fun. Nobody should have to actually work.
Ignore lessons from other industries. Software is different.