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Plagiarism

On the website of Shanghai University Libraries, there is a link to many online databases for essays and papers such as Cnki, Wanfangdata, ACM, IEEE,. These databases are the reason why copying other is easy. All you need to do is search the topic and download the most relevant papers. Copy the paragraphs that you need and paste it in your essay. It’s hard for people to tell if your statement is original or not, so it’s easy to copy another’s work in the information age.

On the other hand, computers have a better chance checking plagiarism. Plagiarism checking software is a powerful tool, it works by looking for structural patterns or unique identifiers. According to the rules programmed in advance, the software will give scores for both grammatical and logical likeness. The article with the highest score is more likely to have copied others’ work.

Other softwares may compare the article with mass databases in order to detect the act of plagiarism. Due to electronic storage, it is possible for computers to replace human and do the repeated work of reviewing each paper.

I must admit that I have copied and paste text which are not mine and indicated that they were original. Sometimes because I wasn’t familiar with the topic and I didn’t have enough time to research it. I am aware that plagiarism is not the right thing to do, but it’s difficult to resist.

Students, who finished an essay using the other's idea, should not be accepted, it is not fair for those who spend hours and hours in the library researching and thinking. If we treat them equally, creative students could end up copying and pasting articles for it takes less effort. We must also protect the right of the original author, they should be respected for their large amount of hard work. We must take efforts to prevent Plagiarism.

Dot-bombs

In Dot-Bombs: Lessons from the Dot-Com Debacle, reasons for the failure of the dot-coms are listed as follows: over-saturated industries, running out of money, growing too big too soon, poor business models, inadequate performance monitoring, relying on a single-revenue source and poor websites. I think one of the most important reasons is that these companies failed to take the time to properly research the market and the target population. Some companies only start with an idea and a catchy domain. With over-saturated industries and immature business models, many companies didn’t survive the dot -coms bubb le bursting. Nevertheless, it’s hard to ignore the bubble in finance. Most companies were overvalued and couldn’t earn money in the end, so that the capital chain broke and led to bankruptcy.

Some lucky companies such as Amazon and Yahoo made it through the dot-com bubble, others like Webvan and go.com were not so lucky. Despite the ambition to bring a revolution in grocery shopping, as well as a large number of investment, Webvan could not find the customers it needed to stay in business. Such companies only care about how to attract customers while they never pay attention to making them regular. Hit rate isn’t everything.

I believe e-commerce, which is now a hot trend will eventually become stable and more common, but it will never be out of time. As we are currently in the information age, e-commerce has brought convince to our life and it improves the quality of life.

Bugs

Software bugs can make a great impact sometimes, it almost started WW3 in the 1980s. In 1994, a Chinook helicopter crashed and killed all 29 passengers due to a system error. In 1996, a European Ariane 5 rocket went off its path 37 seconds after launch and lost more than $370 million because of bad code reuse from the former model which had very different flight conditions from Ariane 5. Small bugs may lead to unthinkable consequence. These software and hardware bugs could be considered unethical.

For a tester, there are always more bugs. I think bugs should be put into different categories such as need fix and do not bother. You can use the cost of the fix and the impact to describe a bug, then decide whether to report it to your team or not. In my opinion, as long as the repeatable bugs are fixed and the promised features are functional, it ethical to say that the software is “tested enough”.

If the program fails in the field, the legal responsibility rests on the shoulders of the software company. Even the mistake was made by a careless programmer, he or she shouldn’t be the one to blame. A company must protect its employees under any circumstances. I don’t think consumers should share any responsibility. Consumers paid money for the software. If any bugs were detected by the consumer, they should be rewarded for finding them.

Software Standards

According to Wikipedia，a software standard is the standard used by one or more software developers while working on computer programs. The Windows App Certification Program is made up of the program and technical requirements to help ensure that third-party apps carrying the Windows brand are both easy to install and reliable on PCs running Windows. Apparently, it is intended for windows apps. The program ensures the customers that the apps are stable, compatible, reliable and quality.

For an app to qualify for Windows 8.1 Desktop App Certification, it must be a standalone app and run on a local Windows 8.1 computer. It also can be a clinet component of a certified Windows Server app. It must be code and feature complete. It must not communicate with Windows Store apps via local mechanisms, including via files and registry keys, except in the supported enterprise scenarios. It must not jeopardize or compromise the security or functionality of the Windows system. There are even more strict requirements to meet in order to receive a certification.

Once you have submitted the app, Microsoft employees will review the submission and inform the developers through e-mails.

As a consumer of software, I would like to have software show what files they have been edit and what service they have used. I will feel safer knowing that my softwares aren’t spying me.