Nov 16, 2015
Could a group of software developers make changes that fundamentally alter the way a software system should work without management being aware?
That's the question being asked of VW right now. Most people are skeptical, but I ran across a piece that wants to lend credence to the idea that a few software engineers acted with few people being aware. They did this, not because they wanted to defraud everyone, but they wanted a solve a problem that they couldn't do in other ways. They also didn't see the alteration of test results as much of an issue because they thought the tests were too stringent.
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