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Re: What could have been done differently?


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:21:27 -0500

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:10:52 EST, Eric Germann <ekgermann () cctec com>  said:

Sort of like the person who sued McD's when they dumped their own coffee in
their lap because it was "too hot".  Somewhere in the equation, the
sysadmin/enduser, whether Unix or Windows, has to take some responsibility.

Bad Example. Or at least it's a bad example for your point.  That particular
case has a *LOT* of similarities with the other big-M company we're discussing.
Cross out "hot coffee" and write in "buffer overflow" and see how it reads:


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