, 2003-02-10
The Slammer worm was successful because thousands of users didn't patch Microsoft's security holes. Should we sue them all?
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Is Microsoft legally responsible
2003-02-11
Sick and tired of the excuses (5 replies)
Sick and tired of the excuses (5 replies)
Is Microsoft legally responsible
2003-02-12
RobJ (1 replies)
RobJ (1 replies)
Automobile: relativly simple mechanical construction, designed for use in certain situations.
You take a car and use it to jump lorries, via a flaming hook, and I am pretty certain tht in the event of injury, the manufacture will say: HaHa
The car has a very limited scope for use, and should not be used outside of that. Automobile manufacturers are not responsible if you use the car in ways it was never designed for. So, there are situations where they aren't liable for injury.
As for 'one procedure at a time' well, try dozens of procedures simutaneously, by an amost equivalent number of programmers. With multiple paths of execution (unlike a car). There is very little simularity between car manufacturers and software manufacturers.
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