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: 2002-06-18 01:57:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!teaser.fr!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:57:31 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1024390676 80.5.140.234 (Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:57:56 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:57:56 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26217 Date: 2002-06-18T09:57:31+01:00 List-Id: "David Botton" wrote in message news:ugnt00ppv51s23@corp.supernews.com... > 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.... I have no problem with tighting up software development legislation, but governments and courts tend to screw things up. If they create legislation saying "you must build bug free software", then we all might as well go home and start looking for a job in the local supermarket. After all how many programs are 100% bug free? If they say "the software must do what it says on the tin and do so reliably atleast 95% of the time, and you must avoid bugs as much as possible", then great. It means that software must do what it's suppost to, it must be reliable and robust and relatively bug free. That's what most of us here strive to provide anyway, right? A balance between reliability and reality is what's called for, but who honostly thinks that's what we'll get? Chris