Fontana, Joe (5 March 2001) Microsoft gets tough with independent testers Network World.

The company has regained almost four percentage points of market share from the Japanese, and independent testers say the reliability of its machines has greatly improved.

But an independent environmental tester said paint-chip tests could be manipulated by masking layers of old lead-based paint with new paint.

More realistic tests are performed later by independent testers not involved in the production of the weapon.

He also added that the supposedly independent testers had to rely on data supplied by Rossi.

Having an independent tester perform the test, or conducting the measurement yourself, will eliminate any potential conflict of interest.

Who is the relay man between the independent tester and baseball management?

And, apart from Ms. Heatter, authors blame publishers (who pay too little, some say, to make the hiring of independent testers feasible).

He said that after he joined Burger King in April, he hired an independent tester to review the toys.

Mr. Terwilliger added that all election software was monitored by independent testers, authorized by the government, to make sure source code is up to par.