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Welcome to the $20,000 copy of windows. Do you know how much an FAA certified GPS costs compared to the identical one in your cellphone - the extra margin is j
by kijuhygfh 17y ago
Welcome to the $20,000 copy of windows.
Do you know how much an FAA certified GPS costs compared to the identical one in your cellphone - the extra margin is just the insurance against getting sued.
Would the users be required that the software was isntalled and by an engineer certified by the maker? Would you like to prove that you had used it in accordance with the instructions?
- makmanalp 17y agoThe opposing argument is: "If a company making a toaster can get sued for not putting in adequate security measures (such as a fuse) and hurting someone, what makes software so special that it is exempt of such responsibility?" On one hand I like the fact that it's so easy to create software without having to deal with any bureaucracy other than itself (and I agree that a lot of security problems are very subtle and easy to miss) but on the other hand I see the mistakes some companies make that end up in, for example, the exposition of private information for some 50000 customers.
- fnid2 17y agoHas this actually happened? If so, it's the toaster company's fault for not wrapping the toaster box in a EULA that explicitly absolves the manufacturer of any damage caused by use of the toaster, proper or not.
- Flemlord 17y agoIf only software bugs could be isolated down to something simple like "don't forget to include a fuse".
- epochwolf 17y agoThe difference is there is a ton of single-run custom software made. We never make individual custom toasters.
- cabalamat 17y ago> Welcome to the $20,000 copy of windows. While we're at it, depending on how exactly the law would be worded, welcome to open source being made illegal.
- khafra 17y agoEither that, or computer software starts all over again from 1965-ish; and Daniel Bernstein becomes the most highly-paid consultant of all time.