> >>> 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.
I meant you're entering in the field of safety against personal injuries. It is not the case. You can't match a non-working PS3 model with a flaming one. > >> 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. Again, you are trying to cast a matter in a very different one. I can understand that putting the user's life in danger can make a difference (but personally still think I would not ship the new firmware). But this is simply not the case. > 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.... ] Well, Chuck. I'm going to take the simple way and re-evaluate the ClamAV project, instead. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
