Once said that (IMHO) regulation is not a solution to poor software, something must be done. Software (at least business tools) tend to be monetized/sold (at a

Once said that (IMHO) regulation is not a solution to poor software, something must be done. Software (at least business tools) tend to be monetized/sold (at a high price) by corporations (that employ programmers that write these programs, and are well paid) as tools to actually do something. When the something is not delivered (or it is not delivered correctly) there are consequences (time lost, money lost) for the customer/client that bought the tool (or subscribed to a service), as the tool is needed (or only useful) for the "main" activity of the client. Yet - usually - neither the corporation (that gets the money from the client), nor the programmers (that get the money from the corporation) consider these cases as anything more than "oh, a bug, didn't see/foresee it". In any other more material contract when you don't deliver the goods (or don't deliver them in time, or they are not up to the required standards/quality) you pay a penalty, and after you fail a few deliveries you are likely to go out of the market. Somehow, in the software world, it seems like it is always a "oops, will fix next time".