[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]
This has nothing to do with higher quality software. Microsoft and other non-government-supported software vendors will just be forced to buy massive insurance policies to protect themselves against the inevitable class action lawsuits to come.
This change in law is all about letting the government-supported insurance/banking companies take a slice of the profits from non-government-supported software vendors. Attorneys will likely also benefit. The losers will be people and companies who actually make things.