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This comes up fairly often but who would support a chief software engineer signing a document that says "I the Chief SE verify this will meet the stated require
by lifeisstillgood 4y ago
This comes up fairly often but who would support a chief software engineer signing a document that says "I the Chief SE verify this will meet the stated requirements will not fail collapse, cause bankruptcy, will scale will meet needs of .. else I go to jail and you can sue to recover all salaries paid for everyone involved"
it would certainly chnage the nature of software developement
Not sure it's a win. But it is interesting
Edit: I think it is as simple (?) as a law saying software warranties are unenforceable ?
- onos 4y agoSounds to me like he was an elite engineer concerned with how regulation would affect him and others like him, while the regulations would primarily be aimed at constraining the output of lesser beings. He argued that the lesser beings would follow the rules blindly and that these would not guarantee safety anyways.