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- From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
- Subject: Re: Unix Review review of Alpha/OSF
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.132129.14154@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
- References: <1993Jan19.030611.1@sejnet.sunet.se> <C146xK.Du6@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1993Jan20.032354.21323@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au> <1993Jan20.194415.17508@decuac.dec.com> <C182FK.GJ9@visix.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:21:29 GMT
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- In article <C182FK.GJ9@visix.com>, abstine@toy4x4.visix.com (Art Stine) writes:
- |> [...]
- |> I think DEC is assuming that all their customers are stupid and
- |> can't read instructions. For those of us who know what we're doing, let
- |> us have the patches over the net; for those who aren't comfortable with
- |> it, wait (and wait) to get the tape or have the problem 'fixed in the
- |> next major release'. And besides, anyone who trusts patches and system
- |> updates on tapes that much that they don't do a full backup BEFORE applying
- |> them is just asking for trouble. I don't see any diff to getting them on
- |> tape or over the net, except that: 1) it costs DEC less to distribute over
- |> the net 2) we can get it alot quicker...
-
- Surely the whole problem with protecting oneself against the legal
- profession is that it's only the idiots who sue?
-
- What does one do, then?
-
- 1) Post a disclaimer with the stuff saying "if you're an idiot, don't
- even _think_ about trying to use this patch"
-
- 2) Go into court saying "the plaintiff is an idiot"
-
- I can understand DEC's position, being as they're a large corporation
- hung about with a corresponding number of corporate lawyers. I don't
- like it any more than does Art, but I really don't think it's because
- DEC think all their customers are idiots.
- --
- Robin (Keep Radio 3 != Classic FM) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
- U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK
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