Re: WANTED: ISPs with DDoS defense solutions

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () darkwing uoregon edu>]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Omachonu Ogali wrote:

> > So by telling people to shut up you expect to make the world more secure? Right :)
>
> No, but merely talking about the how much the vendor sucks doesn't
> make them suck any less nor the users suck any more.

In some cultures shame is a powerful motivation to not behave like a 
jackass. In the US it doesn't seem to induce people to not cut corners on 
software development or lie to customers and shareholders. I find that 
unfortunate.

joelja 

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