Once they move product testing to the Engineering group charged with releasing the product, it was inevitable that Release would take priority over Exhaustive Test. Even if bugs surfaced during their sketchy testing, the group would be pressed to release anyway, to meet schedule.
This is obvious to anyone. The management at Microsoft was naive or ignorant to make this process change, take your pick.
This is obvious to anyone. The management at Microsoft was naive or ignorant to make this process change, take your pick.