BusinessWeek on security
BusinessWeek's Stephen H. Wildstrom takes up the issue of liability for software flaws in this column, part of a special report by the magazine on network security. Among Wildstrom's comments:
The real mystery, to me at least, is why large buyers, such as corporations and even governments, accept obviously lopsided terms in which Microsoft and other software publishers disavow any responsibility for their own products. True, Microsoft has a Windows monopoly, but it's no longer the only game in town. Furthermore, its business strategy depends on customers' willingness to upgrade their software even though they could get along just fine without doing so.
At the risk of engaging in too much self-referential pointing, I should note that new readers of this weblog can find more information on this subject in this story and in previous posts here and here.
Posted by Todd Bishop at September 22, 2003 10:10 AM
So, self-referential. But the majority of news
seekers go to the paper P-I, not a somewhat hidden
blog.
Why doesn't the paper print the blog and put it in
the general knowledge pool.
And speaking as one who has had over 1000 Microsoft
Patch hits in the past few days, sue the bastards.
Let them try the Debian caution on software. MS has a
monopoly, there are no competitors. And they are
fouling up the entire ocean
