Notkin’s view—“mostly hogwash”
Given the context, we do pretty well
- We surely can, should and must improve
Some so-called software “failures” are not
- They are often primarily management errors (Ariane, Denver airport, U.S. air traffic control, etc.)
- Interesting recent article in the Wall Street Journal on Australia’s and New Zealand’s success in air traffic control
- Read comp.risks
In some areas, we may indeed have a looming crisis
- Safety-critical real-time embedded systems
- Y2K wasn’t