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Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with theextent to which luck..')

  • From: Dan Hollis
  • Date: Wed Jul 25 16:18:06 2001 
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 [email protected] wrote:
> Your analogy is flawed.
> The question is, should Firestone be responsible for someone going around
> slashing the tires?  No they shouldn't.
> Then why should Microsoft or any other software manufacturer be responsible
> for the damage done by third parties?

Better analogy:

Microsoft is advertising "high security padlocks", but is instead selling
locks that dont work at all.

-Dan

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