[ptah]

they produce software that is vulnerable to exploitation by criminals

[IntelMiner]

Human beings write code that is imperfect because people are human beings

I don't think it's particularly fair to make it out like Microsoft intentionally writes vulnerable software

[tenebrisalietum]

Their software is in a majority of PCs not due to pure market forces but because of active efforts in the 90's, through OEM contracts, to prevent operating systems other than Windows to be generally available to the public through non-technical channels.

[ptah]

i'm not saying they do it intentionally. i am saying that they should deal with the consequences and not let taxpayers take the downside while they take the upside

[foolrush]

Does the same apply to actual engineers who stamp structural engineering projects, as opposed to self labelled “engineers”? Asking for a friend.