On Feb 13, 2008 3:28 PM, JC Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JC, Nice conjecture.
> I'm really surprised that ISPs haven't banded together to sue Microsoft > for negligently selling and distributing an insecure OS that is an > Attractive Nuisance - causing the ISPs (who don't own the OS infected > computers) harm from the network traffic the infected OSs send, and > causing them untold support dollars to handle the problem. I'm really surprised, too. However, it's more complicated than that. Read the book, "Geekonomics" for more information on this topic. > If every big ISP joined a class action lawsuit to force Microsoft to pay > up for the time ISPs spend fixing viruses on Windows computer, Microsoft > would get a LOT more proactive about solving this problem directly. The > consumers have no redress against MS because of the EULA, but this > doesn't extend to other computer owners (e.g. ISPs) who didn't agree to > the EULA on the infected machine but who are impacted by the infection. Hence the "Trustworthy Computing Initiative" which was started by Bill Gates / Craig Mundie in 2002 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_Computing Only now we're too late - Bill has a parachute. Cheers, Andre
