From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-19 13:28:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: mjsilva697@earthlink.net (Mike Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability Date: 19 Jun 2002 13:28:34 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <27085883.0206191228.2ee915d8@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.245.217.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1024518515 2082 127.0.0.1 (19 Jun 2002 20:28:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Jun 2002 20:28:35 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26436 Date: 2002-06-19T20:28:35+00:00 List-Id: "David Botton" wrote in message news:... > I have been saying for year the day would come that software authors would > start to be found liable for their bugs... the time is approaching.... > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020615/tc_nm/bizliabilit > y_software_dc_1 > > << > Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic say most reported security > incidents are due to software defects that could easily be fixed. > >> > > Using Ada is the first step to solving these problems! Now we need to get > some spokes people to help these lawyers go after faulty software > manufactures for using faulty languages too :-) > > David Botton FWIW, I just read in comp.risks (Digest 22.11) that it is estimated that software faults cost the U.S. about $60 billion per year. They actually refer to "inadequate software testing infrastructure" as the problem, but I think they're confusing the real problem (incorrect software) with one component of the solution (software testing). Anyway, $60 billion is getting up to what they in government circles call "real money". Mike