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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined... by izacus on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:39AM (#39010904)
And that skillful programmer will fight with all power to avoid any kind of minimum standard and liability for crap software, continuing the cycle and abuse.
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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined... by the8472 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @06:02AM (#39011914)
It's always spectrum from THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” to high-assurance methods used in aerospace and similar safety-critical fields.

The skillfull programmer may accept liability when you give him a verification team with a few PhDs, the ability to withhold signoffs, flexible deadlines etc. etc. Few are willing or required to pay for that. So they get a mystery box with a 90% chance of crap.

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