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From SQL Server Magazine]
Its not uncommon for software companies to enlist DBAs to test their products. However, many software companies get DBAs opinions late in the product-development process or after the product has been released. Quest Software put a spin on the product-testing process by creating Quests Association for SQL Server Experts (QASSE), a group of SQL Server DBAs that test Quest Softwares products very early in the development cycle.
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