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> If you build a house or an office building, your engineering is regulated. If you build a doghouse or an office filing cabinet, it isn't. A filing cabinet mu
by IncRnd 9y ago
> If you build a house or an office building, your engineering is regulated. If you build a doghouse or an office filing cabinet, it isn't.
A filing cabinet must be fit for the purpose it is used, or there will be liability incurred. OSHA would frown on keeping hazardous chemicals in your filing cabinet. Software should also be fit for the purpose it is marketed and used.
There are many kinds of paper, but paper being used improperly, by storing a list of credit card numbers on it, is quite similar to how many pieces of software are written.