> Apple sells several of the most popular consumer electronics devices in the whole world But does this qualify them to build mission critical software to run

> Apple sells several of the most popular consumer electronics devices in the whole world But does this qualify them to build mission critical software to run devices that can kill 1 or many people with one mistake? I'm not saying they can't succeed, but pointing at the success of consumer electronic devices isn't very convincing. And speaking of those devices, I've been buying Apple laptops since the PowerBook G4 and have owned every iteration of the iPhone except for the 6S, and while they usually work, almost every device has had some failure at some point. Some hardware, some software, but my point is, "pretty much just work" doesn't cut it for a piece of software that drives a car. I have to disagree - moving into the creation self-driving vehicles does not come with automatic credibility. Only hundreds of thousands of hours of testing will make me feel ok regardless of who's building it. Edit: Missed your last paragraph. I'm not betting on any random startup nor did I mention startups anywhere. I also doubt a startup is where this innovation will come from.