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Lawmakers slam anti-virus biz
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2000-05-10

Love Letter worm was an "utter, abject failure" of industry, says one Congressman. Industry blames liberal judges.

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Well. the industry is *sort* of right.... 2000-05-11
Anonymous
The basic problem is liability: if a company sold anything else that worked as badly as software they'd be sued into oblivion. If management lived in fear of being found grossly negligient for stuff like this the problem would

fade quite quickly.

If congress/government wants ot fix the problem ...

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