The public has been made aware that programmers can be culprits. Indeed once executives improve their game a bit they may be able to set up far more convincing evidence of programmer malfeasance. This particular accusation may not be believable but the next one might be. It is now a matter of congressional record that software developers can be used as scapegoats. Now, never mind that nobody in their right mind believes this asinine statement.
You can hear him say this at 1:11:40 into this recording.
_“This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason,” _ Do you know what he said? He told the lawmakers the following: So a few days ago Michael Horn is testifying before congress about this issue. You know what’s going on with Volkswagen, right? Dieselgate? The fact that the software that controls the Diesel engine in some of their cars was specifically written to defeat emissions tests? Yeah, apparently that software could detect when an emission test was being run, and could put the engine into a mode where it emitted one fortieth of the noxious nitrogen oxides of it’s normal operation. Do you know the name Michael Horn? He’s the CEO of Volkswagen of America.
