---
title: "For a good time, call 1-800-FAULT-INJECTION-TESTING"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/23/for-a-good-time-call-1-800-fault-injection-testing.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/23/for-a-good-time-call-1-800-fault-injection-testing.html"
published: "2003-09-23T10:48:00"
updated: "2003-09-23T10:48:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Bruce E. Williams , of the MS testing team blogs about what fault injection really is, and how to utilizie it for good evil . Gotta love that."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# For a good time, call 1-800-FAULT-INJECTION-TESTING

By Roy Osherove September 23, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 23, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Bruce E. Williams](http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/bwill/), of the MS testing team [blogs about what fault injection](http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/bwill/permalink.aspx/2db3e3a7-fa76-401a-964b-9f2639d5848a) really is, and how to utilizie it for ~good~  evil . Gotta love that.

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