Megan has written today about Crowd as a 'buying opportunity'. I have held it for some years and until yesterday bitterly regretted selling a third! It's penetration into client's systems is what makes it so 'essential' as a product offer. US stock prices go up because they keep beating forecasts to a degree other country's don't. Perhaps this is because they have begun to prioritise 'success' over safety? Boeing seems a similar case. The nature of modern technology creates oligopoly's. Perhaps they need greater oversight than even the US Constitution is able to deliver? I won't 'top up', nor will I sell. But it seems to me that 'crisis management' is no substitute, financially or morally for 'testing, testing testing', before release even if it costs businesses current internal assessment of 'competitive advantage'.

I think Health and Safety fixation has damaged much of UK life, but this is about efficiency and the future direction of capitalism in a complex technological world.

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