, 2003-11-26
Linux vendors spend money building security bug fixes. How much longer will they give them away for free?
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Ending the Free Lunch
2003-11-26
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
Lots of points missed...
2003-11-26
Penguinisto (2 replies)
Penguinisto (2 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch
2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
Missed the point quite a bit
2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
If I paid you Hal, if I paid YOU, would you stop writing such assinine articles?
2003-11-29
Edward W. Ray
Edward W. Ray

Sheesh. I actually started to take you seriously. I didn't realize you only had your bike's training wheels taken off last week.
Get a clue Skippy. We knew how to write software that wasn't garbage before you were born. Having your program crash in a production environment even *once* wasn't just a humilitation, you could lose your job.
If you *think* you're going to get away with charging for fixes, I have two words for you:
"Product liability."
It's time corporate and individual consumers alike wake up and realize we don't put up with this out of *any *other *industry. We sue, have people investigated, and put companies out of business for selling crap then demanding money for the "fixes."
It's time to put a stop to this. It's time for consumer protection laws and some serious fear to be put into software corporation executives.
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