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> The vast majority of software written today has precisely 0 ability to kill anyone.

There's lots of ways software can cost corporations money if it fails to operate. The recent failures at Delta, Southwest, United, all come to mind. The IT industry has a myriad of certifications to, say, prevent some tech-idiot from touching the routing table on the routers.

The ISO has standards for software engineering (similar to ISO9001 for hardware) but so far the market does not feel that standard provides a competitive advantage. If I could guarantee my processes gave you 99.9999% uptime with our software, would you prefer that or another company that can iterate faster?