If we define software testing as an empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about a quality or service. Suppose that Microsoft hired you to run tests on Google Docs, to help them compare the quality of Google’s software with the quality of Office.
A)This is an example of software testing that involves hunting for bugs but does not include any intention to help the software developer or improve the software under test.
B) Your testing will be “successful” if you prove Google Docs is worse than MS Office and “unsuccessful” if you prove Google Docs is better.
C) The key stakeholders in this situation are Google or Google’s customers, even though you are working for Microsoft.
D) What you are doing could not be called testing, because no one would use your test results to improve the product that you’re testing.