> This brings me to a general software gripe. Why do companies seem to love to ship products of unacceptable quality? Modifying the very subjective "unacceptab

> This brings me to a general software gripe. Why do companies seem to love to ship products of unacceptable quality? Modifying the very subjective "unacceptable" adjective of your question into a more objective adjective like "low": Because the market is not able/willing to pay for higher quality products. There are amazing high quality products (software, and hardware) for Medicine, Space and other domains. Real High quality software costs money; more money than what the average consumer would be willing to pay for it. Would you be willing/able to pay 10x of what you pay for all the software and online services that you consume?