[192265] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric S. Raymond)
Mon Oct 24 01:28:13 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:28:08 -0400
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: "Aaron C. de Bruyn" <aaron@heyaaron.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAEE+rGqKJmNFkwZAMs7BMQhnQi4i-ypEgPBqN4+MuiDdNqcAcw@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>, bzs@theworld.com
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Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>:
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 12:41 PM, <bzs@theworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > Assuming these manufacturers who are culpable carry product liability
> > insurance go to their insurance companies and explain the situation.
>
> Cheaper solution: Start a company, build crappy firmware, carry
> product liability insurance, release the product, immediately sell
> millions of units to various vendors that 'rebrand' your product.
> Close your business / go out of business. Wait for lawsuits to roll
> in after the business has been shut down.
>
> -A
For anyone who thinks this is a hypothetical, the market for
consumer-grade GPSes already works this way -- though, not for liability
reasons in quite the same sense. The issue in GPS-land is blocking patents
and other IP. Fly-by-night GPS vendors with 60-to-90-day life cycles
keep a lot of Shenzhen shops busy.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
