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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: Support the Sasser-author fund started On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:33:25 +0200, harry <Rik.Bobbaers@...kuleuven.ac.be> said: > he is correct when he says that Microsoft will say it's completely the > worm writer's fault. BUT i think Microsoft should be punished too for > having so many security holes. they had to patch it faster. There *are* punishments. You don't HAVE to use Microsoft, you know.. Yes, there's costs involved (retraining, etc) even in moving to a "free" alternative. On the other hand, there's costs involved in staying with MS. It's like cars - when the price of gas is sitting at $3/gallon, the companies making fuel-inefficient cars notice it on their sales figures.... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20040513/490a6912/attachment.bin
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