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On Jun 15, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: * Owen DeLong: Wrong... Most of them are subject to the problems they have because of their contractual relationship with Micr0$0ft. Specifically, they made the unfortunate mistake of purchasing software from Micr0$0ft, agreeing to the Micr0$0ft End User License Agreement (contractual relationship) and then running the Micr0$0ft software, which lead directly to their system getting owned (or pwn3d if you prefer) due to the enormous number of design flaws, well known exploits, and other deficiencies in the code purchased from Micr0$0ft. In what way, exactly, is this in any part the ISPs fault? Why should their ISP bear the brunt of the costs for Micr0$0ft's poorly written code? Owen
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