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Software Approvals For Consumer Markets?

Posted by Cliff on 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?"

9 of 227 comments (clear)

  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP! woot!

  2. First Post by headkick · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just couldn't resist

  3. There was just a major earthquake in Virginia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And people on Slashdot are discussing software approvals for consumer markets? Thousands of people are likely dead, and even more are surely injured! Get some priorities people.

  4. Windows is the best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With most of it's major antitrust issues gone, I think Microsoft is going to have a solid feature. They are paying a lot of attention to things like security that should help their profits in the future.

    And the fact that there really isn't a solid competitor to Microsoft that is capable of taking more than a few percentage points from it's market share in a number of markets.

    They have also pretty much bruised or destoryed all competitors to them in the past. Even large companies like Apple, Sun, Novell, Netscape, AOL, etc... None of these companies are the huge powers that they used to be, mostly because of Microsoft.

    Basically: don't mess with Microsoft. I don't agree that a company should be able to do this, but if you are a investor, it makes perfect sense :-)

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

    One word. Facibitate.

    That is all.

    -theGreater BuzzWordSmith.

  6. 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
  7. Strange by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    These aren't the droids you're looking for ???

  8. Re:Is software a bridge or a burger? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    man, i wish i had a burger right now. a bridge would be pretty tasty, too...

  9. Re:Just to clearify by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    God, you're killing me.

    Great, bsDaemon is God too?