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Adobe Introduces the Paid Security Fix
Nimey writes "Adobe has posted a security bulletin for Photoshop CS5 for Windows and OSX. It seems there is a critical security hole that will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Adobe's fix? You need to pay to upgrade to Photoshop CS6. For users who cannot upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe recommends users follow security best practices and exercise caution when opening files from unknown or untrusted sources."
"Sorry but Microsoft does the best at offering security fixes at no cost."
No: Microsoft does the best at selling to gullible people that are grateful of being sold a defective product now on an "I'll fix it later if I'm in good mood" basis.
Microsoft is not "offering security fix for no cost": they are selling you "knowingly defective products at a high cost".
I for one would expect from *any* serious company to cover for production defects forever and for any serious legislation to force them to that if they don't want to: after all the defects were there the day the product abandoned the mill. "Oh, but that was 100 years ago!" Well, you are still in business, don't you? Then, if you sold it defective, you pay for the repair.
I'm not asking for adding, say, WiFi support to Windows 95; I'm saying you repair all the from-origin defects Windows 95 has. To "Oh! but then I would have to support Windows 95 forever" I say, "Not, if you sold a proper product to start with". You cut corners to be able to launch the product earlier and you already won your legit share out of that. Now it's time the return the corners you cut.