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Hype Vaporware, Go To Jail?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the does-what-it-says-on-the-tin dept.

Tim Dierks writes "The New York Times (registration required) has an article describing a federal case against executives in Enron's broadband data division, based upon the charge that Enron claimed that a software platform was more complete and more functional than it actually was. It seems to be that if this case holds up, most of the software industry is guilty. Would the world be better off or not if it was illegal to overpromote the functionality or features of software?"

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  1. I don't know.... by Theatetus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because by this point we'd probably have to execute the Duke Nukem Forever team and that just seems unfortunate...

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  2. So... by invultor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    3d Realms and the DNF crew are really in for an exciting time in jail then?

  3. We'll need more prisons by macdaddy357 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If hypeing vaporware is a crime, then we don't have enough prison cells to lock them all up. We'll have to build more. Let's start today. Tell 3D Realms they've got until monday to deliver Duke Nukem Forever, or they're all going to the cornhole corral.

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