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The analogy doesn't work. Barring malicious intent or negligence leading to death I cannot imagine (or remember) a situation where the company would be fined fo

The analogy doesn't work. Barring malicious intent or negligence leading to death I cannot imagine (or remember) a situation where the company would be fined for a software bug.

vanderZwan 8y ago
That is more of a failure of the imagination then. It's not like programming would cease to exist if fines were introduced.
EpicEng 8y ago
>or negligence Right. Companies like FB are entrusted with the private information of hundreds of millions of people. There should be investigations as there would be in a plane crash. If negligence is found, there should be appropriate punishment doled out.
burkaman 8y ago
Financial regulators are happy to do it. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2225633/software/knight-capital-fined-a-measly--12m-for-a-software-bug-that-cost--460m.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2225633/software/knight... https://www.qa-financial.com/articles/cftc-fines-societe-generale-450000-software-bug https://www.qa-financial.com/articles/cftc-fines-societe-gen... https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/citigroup-fined-7m-over-software-bug-that-misreported-trading-data-us-regulator-15-years-1570635 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/citigroup-fined-7m-over-software-b... https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30125728 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30125728 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/06/microsoft-fined-browser-error https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/06/microsoft...
elliekelly 8y ago
This analogy does work. Boeing's software caused a plane to crash: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash-boeing/boeing-to-hold-airline-call-on-737-max-systems-after-indonesia-crash-sources-idUSKCN1NP09V https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash-boeing/bo...