Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Andy Smith (12024-07-20):
> And yes here in the UK where we allowed the Post Office to pay
> billions to Fujitsu to develop the Horizon IT system that
> incorrectly accused hundreds of postmasters of fraud, resulting in
> criminal prosecutions and at least one case of suicide.

That was not a bug, that was a feature.

This kind of thing happens not because the industry is clumsy: all
industries are somewhat clumsy.

This kind of thing happens because politicians are perfectly to let a
clumsy industry handle people' lives. The scope statement probably
insisted more in avoiding false negatives than false positives.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George