The mindset of dependability

The problems faced for giving undue emphasis on unnecessary enhancements to softwares are discussed. It is found that the costs of unreliable software are often distributed over a great many users who do not not easily aggregate their frustrations into economic impact. A survey done by NIST recently estimated that software bugs cost the U.S. economy $60 billion per year. It is found that simple softwares, without unnecessary enhancements, turn out to be more reliable in terms of costs, time, and reboots.