You can have Space Shuttle reliability and 1970s levels of software penetration or you can have the 2015 software industry, warts and all.
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@patio11 It wasn't the software which killed people. Arguably the software was overengineered for the hardware it was matched with.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 If you compare LoC (400,000 in Space Shuttle, 13M in Firefox alone), it wouldnt be feasable in a feature addicted market.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 do we get to pick witch 2%?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 I don't think software was every implicated in a shuttle disaster? So can safely say the software was safe ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 but neither shuttle accident was caused by software. Hardware failures iirc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 space shuttle never launched without at least one scrub so you really don't want shuttle level of reliability :) Think Soyuz ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 Think the lesson there is more that the limiting factor for quality is organizational culture.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 don't forget the software in embedded systems. Pretty sure pacemaker software was written by engineers worthy of the title :).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 well, technically both Shuttle accidents were mech problems ;-) Ariane is the most famous software failure: https://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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