Re: Beating Up On Microsoft...

From: Gerard Marshall Vignes (gerardvignes_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/19/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:52:31 -0700

Well, either I am a total moron, or I'm ahead of my time, or maybe both.

I'll try again in 10 years, once the Internet has outgrown its lawless
period.

-G

"Gerard Marshall Vignes" <gerardvignes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ull9POcfDHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Every American Software Company and Independent Contractor will one day
risk
> being held liable for damages and economic loss resulting from avoidable
> defects in their software products. That day has not yet arrived, but it
is
> coming.
>
> If it did happen today, the wave of litigation could get out of hand and
> drive many American Software Companies and Independent Contractors out of
> business.
>
> We should begin preparing for the day when customers will be allowed to
sue
> for damages caused by what they consider to be neglect on the part of
> software vendors and practitioners.
>
> Our customers expect this of us. They do not care about techno-religious
> debates. They do not care who is to blame.
>
> We have got to see past our differences and start presenting a common
front
> that protects our customers and our ability to sustain a healthy American
> Software Industry for decades to come.
>
> If antivirus software is necessary, then customers should get that same
> urgent message from all software professionals without hesitation or
> qualification. "Which" antivirus product is open to debate, but the
"need"
> for antivirus software is not. The same is true for firewalls, security
> updates, best practices and anything else that we can agree is important.
>
> We need to speak with one voice.
>
> My initial argument, which appears to have fallen by the wayside, is that
WE
> ARE NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH in what we insist are essential steps to be taken
> now.
>
> The Internet is a hostile environment.
>
> More measures must be taken to protect commercial activity, business
> assets and individual rights.
>
> Unless we close ranks and make a credible, forceful case for these
> measures, they will not happen quickly enough.
>
> "We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all
hang
> separately." -Benjamin Franklin
> Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft
> Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this!
>
> Gerard Marshall Vignes
>
>

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