Slashdot Mirror


Software Approvals For Consumer Markets?

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?"

2 of 227 comments (clear)

  1. Have Cake + Eat It, Too by theGreater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    One word. Facibitate.

    That is all.

    -theGreater BuzzWordSmith.

  2. How to make SoU seem to play better by geekoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    play Temple of Elemental Evil first....

    --
    The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect