And how do you handle the user...[like] my dear old mother,...would she have a valid lawsuit if a software bug allowed hackers to
run rampant through her storage management software? By placing the onus
on the end-user, you transfer responsibility to people who are not capable
of maintaining their own software and who cannot afford to hire out for
repair.
If she is incapable of maintaining her system, or hiring someone to do
so, then she can't afford to be in the game.
If I buy a car, but don't know how to check the oil and can't afford
the gas and don't lock the doors, I can hardly sue Ford if a thief steals
it.
Ah, the elitist view - only those capable of maintaining
a computer should be allowed to have one. And tell me, do you burn your
own chips - etch your own CPU, apply the magnetic substrate to your own
hard drive? Following the logical trend of your argument - it would
expand the control of commercial software because very few people would
be licensed to have Open Source software for lack of coding skills.
Here's where your argument falls down: I can afford to pay other
people to do these things for me.
Is your dear old Mum an elitist because she can afford a computer, while
most of the world can't?
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It's called Burning Man.
You do not need a photo ID to fly. I fly without ID all of the time.
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
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You mean "jibe."
You mean jibe not jive.
Remember when Niels Bohr proved him wrong?
Solution: Rename all the pages. Google will then re-index Xenu.net except for the top.
If I buy a car, but don't know how to check the oil and can't afford the gas and don't lock the doors, I can hardly sue Ford if a thief steals it.
Here's where your argument falls down: I can afford to pay other people to do these things for me.Is your dear old Mum an elitist because she can afford a computer, while most of the world can't?