[SystemSafety] A Fire Code for Software?

[Martyn Thomas]

How many would we need before anything changed?

Martyn


On 06/03/2018 19:13, paul_e.bennett at topmail.co.uk wrote:
> On 06/03/2018 at 7:00 PM, "Derek M Jones" <derek at knosof.co.uk> wrote:
>> As I keep reminding people,
>> safety related software has a (lack of) dead body problem.
> I am certain there are dead bodies around, caused by software errors.
> However, whether those dead bodies have been properly ascribed to
> the software as a cause is debatable.
>
> The Toyota case left us with several dead bodies attributable to poor
> system design and shoddy software.
>
> I don't know how many eventually died from the Therac case.
>
> We should be cataloguing these dead body cases somewhere central,
> perhaps with the financial backing of insurance companies, so that
> there is a central resource where the lessons can be given.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
> Systems Engineer
> Lunar Mission One Ambassador