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Until companies start being held liable for their software deficiencies there won't be a change. This is also why I find "Software Engineering" a joke. The equ
by sbov 11y ago
Until companies start being held liable for their software deficiencies there won't be a change. This is also why I find "Software Engineering" a joke. The equivalent of what passes for Software Engineering, in any other engineering field, would put people in prison.
- kazinator 11y agoThat's hardly the case. A lot of what passes for software engineering also passes for other engineering. What we actually see is a lot of apologizing, recalls and class-action suit settlements, and nobody actually seems to go to jail. Not all engineering is about bridges not collapsing; conversely, there is some software that is equally safety-critical and carefully developed. There is also "everyday engineering", like in consumer products. That's a category that fails miserably. Put simply, shit breaks. Past the one year warranty? Too bad!