“For decades, software makers have been protected from lawsuits as U.S. courts have struggled with the task of defining something as abstract and fast-changing as computer code.
But now a growing number of voices within the industry and government are arguing for software to be held to the same standards as other products, a potential reform that puts the world’s largest software vendor squarely in its sights.”
Yahoo! News — Microsoft at Heart of Calls for Software Liability