On Apr 16, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: >>> What if your PS3 stops working because the maker thinks it is a too-old >>> model to still go? >> >> A fine question. Let's suppose a certain old PS3 model has a serious >> manufacturing defect, such that it can overheat and catch fire. > > Which is not our case...
You suggested the analogy. [ ... ] >> Six months later, Sony releases a new game which happens to really beat >> on the PS3 and is pretty likely (or even dead-certain) to cause >> machines which have this problem to catch fire. Should Sony release >> firmware which causes the PS3 to refuse to run this game? > > No, they should not. Period. One runs its own life the way he/she likes. Evidently, both the ClamAV folks and Sony disagree with your position. However, since you've also clearly made up your mind on this matter, I won't argue further. Please fork ClamAV into your own project, perhaps called OstrichAV-- for those who wish to hide from what they consider to be unreasonable software updating policies-- and you may provide the world with virus definition updates in a fashion that will support all versions of your fork of the software, as best you can, indefinitely. [ If this doesn't seem fair to expect of you, then it's time to re-evaluate your own expectations vis-a-vis ClamAV.... ] Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
