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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We all know that outdated network software is security hazard.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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A really, really stupid idea 2002-04-04
Anonymous
What if the software expires and there is no newer version?
What if the newer version won't run on my hardware (for example, KDE 2 is unusable on my Sparc 5, but KDE 1 is OK)?
Why should you be forced to upgrade if there are no holes?

Being open source, I guess people will remove the expire cod...

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