QA Labs is where software companies send products to have bugs ferreted out that have escaped their notice but could be catastrophic if undetected before the item is marketed. This is a young high-tech company that does serious business but doesn't take itself seriously. That would be hard, anyway, considering the 20 staff and five partners are all armed with Nerf guns and it takes almost no excuse, admits MacIntosh, for sponge projectiles to be flying. QA Labs was formed from the wreckage of a local software testing company that was bought by a U.S. firm and then promptly closed down. And they don't owe anyone a cent.
Quality assurance is different from just testing.
It's a more intelligent way of finding faults than using brute force. It's the difference between firing a shotgun at something or a rifle. With a rifle you pick your spot. You have to realize it would take years to find every bug in some programs and I doubt you could. In this business no one can wait years, so you have to be selective and know where to look.