Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by PeterisP 2952 days ago
Just as a door being breakable by sufficient force doesn't necessarily mean that the manufacturer is negligent, the fact that some software isn't perfect (i.e. contains bugs) doesn't necessarily mean that the developers are negligent.
1 comments

> Just as a door being breakable by sufficient force doesn't necessarily mean that the manufacturer is negligent, the fact that some software isn't perfect (i.e. contains bugs) doesn't necessarily mean that the developers are negligent.

So you consider well-known and well-understood design limitations to be comparable to unknown defects?

Should the manufacturers of locks exhibited in DEFCON's lockpick village be sued for negligence? Are they getting sued for it?