In Case You Were Wondering: Software Will Remain Insecure
from the that-must-have-been-a-difficult-prediction dept
It's fun when people start coming out with absolutely obvious predictions for the future. Take, for example, this claim that software will remain insecure. Was there really anyone who thought otherwise? Our existing software infrastructure is layer upon layer of complexity, where every attempt at securing something probably just opens up more holes. Of course, this same guy is advocating that everyone sue Bill Gates for "the damage he has caused" from continually releasing insecure software. So, the claim is that software will remain insecure, but we should sue makers of insecure software? Sounds like a recipe for an awful lot of lawsuits -- and the sort of liability that would make developing software a pretty costly business.
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One more reason I'm getting out...
Between this attitude and the patent-crazy companies, it just isn't worth the pain for me to stay in the game anymore. Five years ago, I would have never dreamed I would be leaving software development; now I can barely wait for my opportunity to escape.
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Software Secure Liablity
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Bad way to look at it
Its like buying a car with a full warranty, giving it to random people to drive the crap out of and destroy the transmission, then expecting the company to take the car back because its defective.
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