----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Kulawiec" <r...@gsp.org>
> Right. I know you can't and won't. I can't either. So we can > summarily dismiss all the concerns about liability because they > have no relationship to reality. You will not be suing BigFirewallCo, > no matter how horribly their product fails, no matter how bad the damage is, > no matter how obvious to all of us the failure is, no matter how culpable > we might all agree they are, because (a) your pockets aren't as deep > as BigFirewallCo's, and (b) you'd probably lose anyway (c) after 11 years > and a lot of billable hours for everyone's attorneys. (s/you/I/ and > everyone else, unless we happen to work for a Fortune 50 company...and > probably not even then.) Yeah, Rich, but come on: you and I -- and even his managers -- know that while that is true (that no one's actually going to sue anyone, and likely legally cannot anyway), that *still* won't keep Pointy Haired Bosses from making that *capability* a firm requirement. That's why their hair is pointy. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
