From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-02 11:28:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!news-peer.gradwell.net!easynet-melon!easynet.net!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 18:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <82347202.0205010735.1d1a66c3@posting.google.com> <3CD06A79.328F20BD@boeing.com> <3CD122DC.11A07036@brighton.ac.uk> <3CD16729.E695572@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1020364114 11753 129.241.83.78 (2 May 2002 18:28:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 18:28:34 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23438 Date: 2002-05-02T18:28:34+00:00 List-Id: On 2 May 2002 11:41:27 -0500, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article <3CD16729.E695572@san.rr.com>, Darren New writes: >> John English wrote: >>> I know who I consider the guilty party here... and >>> the companies who lost out from the virus would stand more chance >>> of a meaningful settlement from Microsoft than from a lone Filipino. >> >> So who would you sue for the Morris worm that took advantage of a >> similar hole in sendmail? > > The person using sendmail, if they did not have a vendor on which > they could pin it. How can one sue if the license agreements says: Use at own risk... no responsibility ... etc, which also Microsoft says. I don't really see that it is any better to buy software from Microsoft just because it is a commercial company that one can give the blame? How can one get anywhere in court with it? Preben