<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Solomon Peachy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pizza@shaftnet.org" target="_blank">pizza@shaftnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
</span>It's not an engineering problem; the road to producing quality software<br>
isn't particularly difficult or misunderstood -- Instead, it's purely a<br>
matter of management not willing to invest the money (and/or time) to do<br>
things right, because they have no reason to care once money changes<br>
hands.<br>
<br>
This won't change until the government steps in with a mandata backed by<br>
very large penalties.. with a couple of high-profile heads impaled on<br>
pikes to drive home their willingness to enforce.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How are those penalties and stuff working for you? Well Fargo is still in business, as are the credit card companies that lose data. As is the Federal OPM, that lost data. </div><div><br></div><div>If penalties worked crime would be eliminated. The news feeds tell me governmental mandates don't really work. Us as individuals persuading checkbook holders might work. Hasn't so far though, so I'm not holding my breath. </div><div><br></div><div>Leam</div></div><br></div></div>