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Death to Old Software
Jon Lasser, 2002-04-03

We all know that outdated network software is security hazard. The solution: hard-wired expiration codes that self-destruct an old program when it's past its prime.

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Death to Old Software 2002-04-03
Anonymous
Very bad idea. As others have mentioned, sometimes new versions of software introduce bugs which were not present in old versions.

A better idea, though much harder to implement, would be a central registry of software. For each software package, it would contain a list of known problems for ea...

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