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Danny McPherson wrote: On Aug 13, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote: Sorry you weren't able to get the spin you wanted, but I still think that if people want to use email readers that execute the messages instead of displaying them in plain text without seizure inducing jiggles, without root kits, without all the rest of the malware spectrum they ought to be held accountable for that action. Their choice, let them pay for it. Now you can't watch the game tonight, or your favorite show, or use skype to chat with your daughter in Europe, or check your email, [or call 911?] all because the malware triggered something on the network If it is my house, it won't happen twice, I betcha. And if you want to sell a service that allows misbehaviour without penalty to your misbehaving customers, more power to you. But don't make _ME_ pay for it. My position here is aligned with Sean's and Arjan's. IF you were able to offer any such "walled-garden" services it's not simply a binary thing, there's a large array of variables that need to be accounted for technically - entirely independent of the economic ones surrounding services that are hardly profitable already. This morning's Omaha Weird Harold has a front-page item about the City installing free wiffy hotspots around town. It may be time for you to reconsider the options on the buggy-whip plant. -- Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio http://members.cox.net/larrysheldon/
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