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Microsoft Sued for Defective Software

Posted by michael on from the consumer-safety dept.

Door-opening Fascist writes "eWeek is reporting that a South Korean citizen action group, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, is suing Microsoft for putting the SQL Slammer vulnerability into Windows. They are doing so on behalf of the South Korean people and businesses affected by SQL Slammer."

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  1. What they'll be told: by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Shut up and patch your systems like the rest of the planet.

    Software isn't a physical thing so it's impossible to make it bug-free.

    You knew about this vulnerability for months, there was a patch for it, and you did nothing about it."

    Pick a defense, any defense...

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  2. Re:bad news for opensource by Malcontent · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Opponents of open source frequently argue that proprietary products are better then open source because "you can sue somebody".

    Here somebody is suing MS. Let's see how that works out.

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  3. Re:GPL = no warranty by The+Turd+Report · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except MS has the same wording in their license.

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  4. Re:lemme get this straight... by kiwikasper · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually, even tho Microsoft had a patch available for the SQL vulnerability months before Slammer hit, a subsequent patch re-opened the vulnerability. Maybe their techs did all the patches when they were released.

  5. Re:"Putting" the vuln in? by aliens · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't believe they ignored the problem or didn't fix it. IIRC they had a patch out 6 months beforehand.

    You want to sue someone, sue the sysadmins who
    A) Didn't patch
    B) Left MS SQL right out on the open internet
    C) In short didn't do their jobs.

    If you're running MS products it might not be by choice, but there is no excuse for not being aware of patches and the state of your firewall. They were all probably too busy rebooting Windows desktops to have time, but still.

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