I’m used Alsoft’s DiskWarrior today to fix a problem with an external harddrive. Not interesting.
But when I looked at the product’s software license, under Paragraph 2, Permited Uses and Restrictions, the text reads:
“…THE ALSOFT SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, OR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MACHINES IN WHICH CASE THE FAILURE OF THE ALSOFT SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.”
This raised two scary-ass questions for me: a. What kind of software do they actually use at nuclear plants? And, b. If it’s not good enough for air traffic control machines, why am I using it?