Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.
Shriram Shrikumar writes:
> If someone was to distribute actual loaded weapons to someone who is
> almost certainly going to use it to cause harm - would that not be
> considered aiding and abetting of criminal behaviour ?
They would have to know or have reason to believe that a specific
individual that they distributed the software to was going to commit a
crime with it. Otherwise selling automobiles would be illegal.
> Should MS not make more of an effort to make sure that at least all the
> boxes of registered users are patched ?
Doesn't their new software rental scheme allow them to forcibly install
upgrades and patches over the Net?
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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