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I think licenses makes sense for doctors because they are working on people, their solution is generally specific to one person, and a mistake that they make ca
by tdb7893 10y ago
I think licenses makes sense for doctors because they are working on people, their solution is generally specific to one person, and a mistake that they make can have dire consequences. Software engineering can also have large consequences but in those cases it's probably significantly more effective to test the actual product than test the engineers.
- fsloth 10y agoThanks, I think this is the most clear cut analysis of values at play.
- rafiki6 10y agoNot sure how your value analysis differs. Clearly "test the product" isn't good enough with empirical evidence. Otherwise we wouldn't have large security and data breaches that result in money and productivity loss.
- tdb7893 10y agoI'm talking about regulation and those failures don't seem to be regulatory failures. I guess you could try to regulate to stop having data beaches but I think it would be too broad and largely ineffective anyway but in the case you regulated essentially every web app then a license might be more efficient than actually testing everything. I was thinking more along the lines of things that could cause physical harm (e.g. medical devices) where it makes a bunch more sense to test the device than test the engineers