frostbite,
I see nothing to worry about in what is being proposed. Distinguish between real-time safety-critical software and application software. It is the former that cannot afford to go wrong - ever! The latter can cope with the odd ctrl-alt-del.
Software used for flight control systems, or ATC systems would be examples of the former - or software controlling x-ray / MRI / Radiotherapy machines in the medical world - where you really don't want errors!
Inventory / warehousing or patient record applications are nowhere near as critical.
SD