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Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Insecure Software
Cinematique writes "Reuters reports that a California-based lawsuit alleges the Redmond software giant produces software with little concern for security and that their products are highly susceptible to, "massive, cascading failures." Should Microsoft's software be treated any differently than, say, automobiles?"
It shouldn't be held to the same liabilities as an automobile. An automobile has the potential to hurt or kill people in it if it has defects. It is the responsibility of the auto company to make sure their cars will not hurt people due to their engineering flaws. In the case of Windows, no one is stopping you from using another operating system if theirs is not stable enough for your use. I think you should be able to get a refund if their software doesn't do what it says it can and then move to Linux, OS X or whatever else you would like to use. Suing MS for bad software is like saying you cannot use something else. I use something else so why can't California?
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If anyone attacks my car while I'm driving it, I could very well die and/or cause the deaths of others. This is not controlled by the government- it's just illegal to attack things.
/lock/ them in order for them to do any good. You can't sue the maker of the lock when you didnt lock your door.
Come on, people! I thought that we were against making extra things illegal when the crime itself is already illegal. This is worse than the DMCA, here- it would be like making, not the piracy of music, not the tools to pirate music, but the MUSIC ITSELF illegal, because it is "flawed" by having poor security.
No, I'm not saying that this is an ominous first step towards making music illegal, I'm saying that those who support this are fucking stupid.
Make the CRIME ITSELF ILLEGAL- no one is liable except for the criminals themselves.
If someone makes a faulty lock, they may be liable when someone slips into your house. But if you leave your doors unlocked(no firewall), or invite people in (opening e-mail attachments), only the person doing the crime is at fault.
Houses come with locks- but you need to
Do computers come with locks? Not always. Is there any express or implied protection which comes with a computer? Hell no.
Stay off the internet.
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