[39860] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Wed Jul 25 16:14:51 2001
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:14:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: <LBolton@geiger.com>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 LBolton@geiger.com wrote:
> Your analogy is flawed.
> The question is, should Firestone be responsible for someone going around
> slashing the tires? No they shouldn't.
> Then why should Microsoft or any other software manufacturer be responsible
> for the damage done by third parties?
Better analogy:
Microsoft is advertising "high security padlocks", but is instead selling
locks that dont work at all.
-Dan
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