Readers’ comments
Software regulator?
Reading about the latest zero-day security hole in Microsoft Word and that Microsoft is being slow to act to remedy the problem makes me think that it’s time to have a software regulator that sets rules on how major software products are produced and supported by their manufacturers. They should also be able to issue significant fines for non-compliance.
Given the enormous potential impact of software failure on users, there is a need to make software manufacturers provide responsible and timely responses to issues with their software. As users, we are implicitly dependent on these companies responding to issues in a responsible way.
There are obviously problems with creating a world regulator, but maybe a start could be made with country-specific ones first. John Falk
