短短一行程式碼,就讓蘋果聲譽重挫——客戶抱怨、股價大跌,更不用說事件隔天就是蘋果高層向華爾街投資人進行投資會報的日子。出身台灣,在美國工作的呂維德,一邊講著這個故事,一邊笑著要大家想像蘋果在投資會報時,執行長 Tim Cook 的臉色有多難看;但他也認為,傳統的軟體開發流程,無論工程師再強,這種問題都無法避免。面對滿座的軟體工程師,呂維德提出了最殘酷的問題:「你的命運會比那一缸子的菁英好嗎?你會不會有一天也忘記 if、else?」他說,軟體開發流程再好,但目前的流程本質就是會帶我們下地獄,因為我們「無法根絕自己不能預見的問題」。
Taiwan was ranked as the high quality Open Data government in 2015 and 2016 by “Global Open Data Index". However, since than, there is no further development and many open data sets are still lack of function. This October, Taiwan National Development Council suddenly announced the draft of “Open Data Act" is under discussion. Before we finally step into next stage, let us review what is really going on when citizen request the data from government.
In a day with nice weather, the Nanfang’ ao Bridge crumbles without warning. In fact, people do not know if the bridges they walk on daily are safe or not, since the maintenance records has not ever been revealed before. (Source of the photo: Military News Agency, Ministry of National Defense)
The public only realized that there was only one maintenance record of the Nanfang’ ao Bridge after the bridge crumbled on October 1, 2019. Moreover, the maintenance record was only partial, the maintenance work was incomplete, and the information was incorrect, either.
Why did the relevant information remain unobserved for so long? The Ministry of Transportation and Communications established the “Taiwan Bridge Management System (TBMS)” right after Gaoping Bridge crumbled as a result of illegal gravel mining and typhoon slamming in 2001. Although the related agencies are required to upload the maintenance records of all bridges in accordance to the system, the information has not been opened to the public, which makes it unable to be supervised by the public. People also have no idea about the safety of the bridges they are walking on daily.
Taiwan is always considered by its people as an open and democratic society. After the “Freedom of Government Information Law” has been executed for fourteen years, and Taiwan has retained top spot in “Global Open Data Index” two times in a row in 2015 and 2016, which all have become one of the prides of Taiwan. However, , the sensitive zone of significant government information that should be opened to the public remains in the dark side of this pride.