Software Approvals For Consumer Markets?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday December 9, 2003 @09:50AM from the improving-software-or-hindering-development dept.

Odkin asks: "Some friends and I are struggling with a hardware project which is stalled due to costly consumer market approvals (which is alright I guess). But it struck me, why are there only market approvals for hardware and not software? The hardware approvals include functionality tests that ensure that the product works as intended in any way the user would handle it (even unsuitable use). Would such approvals for commercial software improve the quality of the products, including minimizing the risk of data loss and heightening the security? In other words, would it facilitate or inhibit the creation of good software?"

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Probably would by KingKire64 · 2003-12-09 09:53 · Score: 4, Interesting

make a better product. However it would make it real hard for small software houses to put out software. Plus isnt the EULA's whole point to get around accountability in a product?

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