In message <003501cae003$825da7a0$8718f6e0$@com>, dated Mon, 19 Apr 
2010, Dennis Ward <[email protected]> writes:

>Ah yes - the 'Risk Management Team' - better know as the 'How many 
>people can die and how much money can be lost in law suits before we 
>make a safe product' team.

What alternative do you suggest? I don't mean a paraphrase in 'more 
acceptable' words.

It's not possible to make a 100% safe product, so how near to 100% do we 
need to be? Treat it as a question of morality, not commerce or 
engineering and you still end up with the same sort of decision.
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