[Full-Disclosure] RE: power, corruption and lies

From: Jason Coombs (jasonc_at_science.org)
Date: 04/28/03

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    To: "Steve Wray" <steve.wray@paradise.net.nz>, <full-disclosure@netsys.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 15:43:31 -1000

    > This has effectively doomed (almost) the entire IT industry
    > to corruption. Yes, all the way from software to hardware,
    > from sales to support, the IT industry is corrupt.

    You've got a keen insight into the IT industry, Steve.

    The really nice thing about this is that all these corrupt people really get
    excited about filing lawsuits against each other when their interests get
    threatened or when they think they can spread some blame and force somebody
    else to assume their bad risks and absurd decisions.

    This makes for an extremely well-paid computer forensics expert witness
    business that can be populated by real experts who understand the true nature
    of this business.

    You CAN get paid for refusing to be involved in the massive fraud that the IT
    business became in the 1990's... You simply have to know what type of work to
    get involved in. Maybe the market for IT products and services will undergo a
    real shakeout of its entrenched criminal element over the next couple of years
    and honesty can gain a bit of a foothold. My sense is that the Internet bubble
    in the stock markets actually removed a number of the perpetuators of the
    worst offenses by making them so wealthy that they simply retired from the
    business.

    Sincerely,

    Jason Coombs
    jasonc@science.org

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    [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com]On Behalf Of Steve Wray
    Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 2:36 PM
    To: full-disclosure@netsys.com
    Subject: power, corruption and lies (was RE: Re[2]: [Full-Disclosure]
    pissed off)

    ...

    The software industry seems to have nicely circumvented
    this risk apparently with the (IMO lame) excuse that since
    its 'impossible' to guarantee its correctness and reliability
    in the first place the software vendor shouldn't have to
    shoulder any burden if it turns out to in fact be incorrect
    and/or unreliable.

    ...

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