Sent To Jail Because of a Software Bug

Posted by Unknown on Monday July 8, 2013 @04:08PM from the off-to-the-protein-bank-with-you dept.

First time accepted submitter toshikodo writes "The BBC is reporting a claim that some sub-post office workers in the UK have been sent to jail because of a bug in the accounting software that they use. The Post Office admits Horizon computer defect. I've worked on safety critical system in the past, and I am well aware of the potential for software to ruin lives (thankfully AFAIK nobody has been harmed by my software), but how many of us consider the potential for bugs in ordinary software to adversely affect those that use it?"

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Re:Open Source... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-08 19:40 · Score: 0, Troll

That would amout to an uprising against the bankster class who run our countries. Will not be allowed. You are supposed to enjoy the movies in cinema and then donate a son for their next war at the Shat-El-Arab. The two finger which will remain of him will be draped in a British flag, even though he died for the Bankster nation, actually.