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To: CodeMonkey
Does the Consumer Product Safety Commission have any oversight over Microsoft products or other software that can potentially fail? Or does someone have to die from a computer software glitch first?
7 posted on 10/16/2003 12:05:42 PM PDT by Herodotus
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To: Herodotus
You need to take a closer look at the End User License Agreement (EULA).

It states several times, in varying degrees of stridency, that whatever happens, it ain't their f*****g problem.

In a related development, Microsoft has issued a statement saying that they're only going to release security bulletins once per month now.

They claim it's because people complained about the recent spate of "twice a week" patches that have been released.

This means that from now on there will be periods ranging from one or more days to potentially weeks where your systems will be vulnerable to hostile exploits and you won't have any information or patches with which to secure your systems against them.

Feel better now?

8 posted on 10/16/2003 12:33:20 PM PDT by George Smiley (Is the RKBA still a right if you have to get the government's permission before you can exercise it?)
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