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Re: [OFFTOPIC] Zone Alarm
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 17:17:17 -0400
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 08:49:20 PDT, "Robert J. Liebsch" said:
The users bought a computer, they bought broadband. Is it too much to expect that they drop some cash to protect their investment. They don't have to understand HOW it works, only that it does.
The users bought a car. Is it too much to expect that they drop some cash to buy bumpers, seat belts, and air bags to protect their investment? They don't have understand HOW those work(*), only that it does. Like it or not, the computer industry has collectively avoided any sort of liability - in most other industries, selling something so deficient that there's a *market* for the equivalent of ZoneAlarm would get you sued to your skivvies quite quickly. Cars come with safety features, electrical devices carry a UL sticker, and so on. (*) Quick, off the top of your head, do YOU know how the accelerometers keep from false-positiving and deploying the air bag, or even what makes the seat belts usually move freely but lock up when needed?
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