Plane Speaking

At a recent software engineering management conference, the keynote speaker wanted to make a point about thorough testing. "Our industry is plagued by public perception that our products are unreliable." He looked around the room. "If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your programming team was responsible for the flight control software on the plane, how many of you would disembark immediately?"

Slowly hands began to rise until only one man sat with hands in his lap. When asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay onboard.

"You're really that confident in your team's work?" asked the speaker.

"With my team's software," the man said, "the plane is unlikely to even reach the runway, let alone take off."