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Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:48:01 -0700
On Jun 15, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
* Owen DeLong:Wouldn't it be more appropriate if the FBI told people the phone number to Micr0$0ft?No; most of them haven't got any existing contractual relationship with Microsoft. If you alluded to Microsoft's support lines: well, why should pay $90 (or what the single-call cost is) to fix a computer which is apparently working fine?
Wrong... Most of them are subject to the problems they have becauseof their contractual relationship with Micr0$0ft. Specifically, they made
the unfortunate mistake of purchasing software from Micr0$0ft, agreeing to the Micr0$0ft End User License Agreement (contractual relationship) and then running the Micr0$0ft software, which lead directly to their system getting owned (or pwn3d if you prefer) due to the enormous number of design flaws, well known exploits, and other deficiencies in the code purchased from Micr0$0ft.In what way, exactly, is this in any part the ISPs fault? Why should their
ISP bear the brunt of the costs for Micr0$0ft's poorly written code? Owen
Current thread:
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help, (continued)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Kradorex Xeron (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Per Heldal (Jun 15)
- RE: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Frank Bulk (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Alexander Harrowell (Jun 17)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Jack Bates (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Owen DeLong (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Jim Popovitch (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Owen DeLong (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Florian Weimer (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Owen DeLong (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Florian Weimer (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Kevin Day (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Fred Baker (Jun 15)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Florian Weimer (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help John Levine (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Chris Adams (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Patrick W. Gilmore (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Jeroen Massar (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Roland Dobbins (Jun 14)