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Re: What could have been done differently?
From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett () csl sri com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:03:50 -0800
Similarly, you _pay_ MS for a product. A product which is repeatedly vulnerable.
I think this is key. People (individuals/corporations) keep buying crappy software. As long as people keep paying the software vendors for these broken products what incentives do they have to actually fix them? Imagine if your car had to be recalled for problems every week (for years and years) [and you had to install the fixes yourself]. Do you think that the manufacturer of that car would still be selling cars, or atleast that model? Not likely. Why do we as consumers put of with this for software but not other products? It doesn't make any sense. - Mike Hogsett
Current thread:
- Re: What could have been done differently?, (continued)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 28)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Leo Bicknell (Jan 28)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Scott Francis (Jan 28)
- WANAL (Re: What could have been done differently?) Paul Vixie (Jan 28)
- OT: Re: WANAL (Re: What could have been done differently?) Rafi Sadowsky (Jan 28)
- Re: OT: Re: WANAL (Re: What could have been done differently?) Paul Vixie (Jan 28)
- Re: OT: Re: WANAL (Re: What could have been done differently?) Mike Lewinski (Jan 28)
- Re: OT: Re: WANAL (Re: What could have been done differently?) Scott Francis (Jan 28)
- RE: What could have been done differently? Vadim Antonov (Jan 28)
- Re: What could have been done differently? bdragon (Jan 29)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Mike Hogsett (Jan 29)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Scott Francis (Jan 28)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Iljitsch van Beijnum (Jan 29)
- Re: What could have been done differently? just me (Jan 29)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Scott Francis (Jan 29)
- Re: What could have been done differently? just me (Jan 29)
- Re: What could have been done differently? Scott Francis (Jan 29)