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On Sun, 13 May 2007, Sean Donelan wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007, Gadi Evron wrote: > > "Passing the buck! Buck passer!" (see below - skip to Dilbert link) > > I guess you missed my attempts 3 or 4 years ago at trying to establish > some standards for CPE concerning security. I've been at this party for > a long time, I know how the song ends. > > > Not saying that you are wrong but... Ahh, these are out of our > > control, nor will they do anything if we don't. Might as well tell users > > not to patch their Windows systems as it's the responsibility of the store > > who sold them the computer. Yes, it could help if the stores did > > something. > > I spent about a year of my life working with Microsoft on getting patched > versions of Windows in the pipeline and getting OEMs to regularly update > their manufacturing copy being pre-installed on machines as they leave > the factory. So yes, it did help to improve things in the pipeline. > Just a joke, Sean. What would you consider from your experience, the best way to make these third parties take responsibility?
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