[SystemSafety] OpenSSL Bug

[Steve Tockey]

While I agree that we will probably never to make perfectly error-free
software, the capability has existed for years to reduce shipped
(user-encountered) defects by an order of magnitude or more. The other
point is that until we--the consumers--become less tolerant of defective
software, then the developers will continue to create it. Yes, it is a bit
of an extreme view, but its intent is to be a wake up call for the typical
developer:

"Get ready, because the typical consumer is getting tired of the crap
software you have been producing. We're not just asking for higher
quality, more reliable software, we're going to start demanding it"


-- steve




-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Sanders <jsanders at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Date: Friday, April 11, 2014 12:38 AM
To: "systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de"
<systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] OpenSSL Bug

 
Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2014 23:06 CEST, Steve Tockey
<Steve.Tockey at construx.com> schrieb:
 > In fact, a consultant friend of
> mine recommends we don't even call them "defects". He says, "Call them
> what they really are: programmer malpractice".
Given what we know about human perfomance, expecially human capability to
cope with complexity, the consultant's expectations seem to be a little
bit unrealisitc.

Jan Sanders

 
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