[worik]

Testing is very important. But....

> something that can be introduced with minimum initial investments

Testing is very expensive. Setting up an automated testing environment is tricky, prone to failure, and requires constant expensive management.

It also adds nothing to the bottom line, on the face of it.

It is very very important. It is possible to limp along with inadequate testing, become a major global infrastructure provider, then have it all go horribly, predictably, wrong.

But the money person that commits large quantities of cash to something that does nothing to improve the bottom line tomorrow (fingers crossed) is taking risks with their personal welfare.

It sucks. Testing is very important. Automated testing is gold. It is very hard for us to implement because....