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by pdkl95 3700 days ago
Better education is always a great idea. Unfortunately, regulation becomes a necessary fix for immediate problems.

Note that regulation is the nicer option; the other way to force people to get the necessary education is liability, which could get really ugly in the case of medical devices.

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There have been 'predictions' in the past of software creators being made responsible for the software they write in a liability way. Which will get very messy indeed. And grind the software world to a halt. Regulation is the nicer option and definitely the more realistic option.