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Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> writes:

>> Which is not the case if you're developing automotve control software,
>> for example; it's not cheap to fix when you have hundreds of thousands
>> of examples out in the field.
>
> https://www.tesla.com/support/software-updates
>
> "Tesla cars regularly receive over-the-air software updates [...]"
>
> So why care about quality? If you have the comfort to fix everything
> later, then time to market wins over quality hands down.
>
>> I suppose we know how to estimate the costs to design the hardware
>> properly. Not sure that we even know how to design the software
>> properly, let alone how much it'll cost.
>
> Right. But why?
> In any case, this justifies my earlier statement: I do not consider
> engineers from other domains to be less competent than me. Actually,
> it's us who seem to be lacking skills to do our own homework. Right?

Yes.