Have you bolted your software?

Recently I stumbled upon one topic from “Humor ...”, which made me recall the TK (technical task) of 1992, written for the development of one automated system at the industrial level.

The TK itself got into my hands in the “print machine” version, and since I was then a young specialist who had just graduated from the university, I had a responsible role to re-type it. At first, it was terribly boring, but when I read it, I almost fell off my chair. I bring to your attention some funny excerpts from TK on software:
• immediately at the beginning of the document, the software was called as a “ product ”;
• time between failures - at least 5000 hours;
• average service life - at least 3 years;
• the average shelf life in the original packaging in the equipped premises - in accordance with the documentation for the purchased technical means;
• Requirements for ergonomics and technical aesthetics (this is not a GUI for you);
• The product must be developed taking into account the requirements of technical aesthetics and ergonomics, set out in GOST 12997-84, OST 4 GO.070.232-85;
• Decorative coatings of the component parts of the product must comply with the requirements of GOST 9.301-86, OST 4 GO.014.000, OST 4 GO.014.202 (for a long time I didn’t find the decorative coating and programs);
• Product design must be maintainable ;
• The product should be stored in a room with storage conditions for group 1 of GOST 15150-69;
• Conservation and adjustment of the product must ensure its safety during transportation in containers, closed railway cars and airplanes (in heated pressurized compartments), as well as when transported by road with rain and snow protection with transportation conditions according to GOST 15150-69. (I usually flash drive in a pocket I transport);
• The product in terms of the impact of climatic factors must comply with the requirements of category 4 of the climatic version of UHL according to GOST 15150-96;
• Selection of fasteners to produce OST 4 GO.899.210;
• All threaded connections in the product should be protected from self-unscrewing in accordance with OST 4 GO.019.200;

And you know, 17 years have passed ... and it, the product :), works, in spite of the presence of a "threaded connection" (probably in the head of a person who composed this TK).