Issue:
Should software programmers and business owners be held liable due to the software bugs?

Economical Perspective:
Remember the times when cell phones are said to be for the business executives’ use only? But nowadays almost everyone owns at least one, even kids. Because of the tight competition in the market, prices of these cell phones, and other technology-based gadgets in that matter, go down every day. Even more, not only does it get smaller, stylish and more compact, its features also got more complex.
Cell phones now not only allow us to make a call or send a text message, it does a whole lot more than that. And we should admit it has made things easier, more convenient, and more efficient.
Keeping up with the competition, a lot of companies introduce new phone features every day. But along side, more often than not, we also experience some glitches that come with it –Bluetooth is not compatible with other phones, some programs force close at times, and some programs just wouldn’t work. But why do we still buy them?
Because we think, with all the helpful features it has, it already serves the value of the price that we paid for. In other words, we’d rather forgive a small glitch in exchange for a more affordable price. Some of the good companies make bug fixes available online anyway.

Social Perspective:
Softwares have helped us more than just to improve our lifestyles; they have contributed a lot in the knowledge base, and in the field of science. New discoveries have been made possible because of powerful softwares – We were able to see beyond the territories of our world, and identified the constellation with the help of satellites; we understood the behavior of weather, and detect changes in climate; underwater species, which we never imagined existed, have been named and discovered; and a whole lot more.
However, not all attempts were successful. Just like what was cited in the article provided, some projects that involved complex programming failed. Back in…
On a small scale, it would seem like a waste of money all because of a simple software glitch. But if you would aggregate all the contributions it made for our betterment, a few failures may be worth the cost. Learning after all always associates a handful of risk.