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Ending the Free Lunch
Hal Flynn, 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)
The Cost of Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
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The Cost of Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-06
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-26
Rob McQuillen
Lots of points missed... 2003-11-26
Penguinisto (2 replies)
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-01
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Lots of points missed... 2003-12-01
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Lots of points missed... 2003-12-02
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Lots of points missed... 2003-12-03
Penguinisto
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous Coward
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
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Apple no, Suse sure 2003-11-27
groovecat
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
cowbutt
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Huh? 2003-11-28
OCG (2 replies)
Huh? 2003-11-30
Anonymous (1 replies)
Huh? 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Huh? 2003-11-30
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-29
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
trips
HEEE HEEE 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Filet Mignon 2003-11-28
Tomothy Millen
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-11-28
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Missed the point quite a bit 2003-12-01
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Missed the point quite a bit 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
So, Flynn, you going to start shaving any time soon?

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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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
UH? 2003-11-30
Tripper
So wrong..... 2003-12-01
jmorris@beau.org
GPL - simple really 2003-12-01
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GPL - simple really 2003-12-03
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wrong 2003-12-01
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Freedom, not Freeness 2003-12-01
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Who actually fixes bugs? 2003-12-01
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Who actually fixes bugs? 2003-12-03
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