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This volume aims to show the reader from an industry insider's point of view why the corporations building everyday applications "get away" with sending out fault-ridden products - and what to do about it. It reveals the impact of software industry policies on the US and world economies.
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The Software Conspiracy makes the point that software, shrink-wrapped software in particular, has more bugs than it should have and that fact is costing us lives and money. Minasi illustrates this point with examples given at the beginning of the chapters, which are very engaging, interesting and often quite saddening. In the Gulf War, for example, 28 soldiers died because Patriot guidance software stopped working properly after 14 hours of continuous use. A chapter on "Software and the Law" gives an excellent and informed, if American- focused, view of the UCITA, and how this could destroy the American software industry, and "Bugs and Country: Software Economics" explains how the decline of the software industry could affect the US's trade deficit.
At times Minasi seems to be struggling for material--as when he devotes several pages to explaining what a trade deficit is and needlessly repeats the book's main point over and over. Still, while some may disagree with Minasi's argument, it's an important argument to consider. Everyone uses software, whether in clocks, cookers, calculators or personal computers, and the future of the software industry affects us all.--Josh Smith
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This volume aims to show the reader from an industry insider's point of view why the corporations building everyday applications "get away" with sending out fault-ridden products - and what to do about it. It reveals the impact of software industry policies on the US and world economies.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0071348069
- ISBN 13 9780071348065
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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