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In article <C182FK.GJ9@visix.com>, abstine@toy4x4.visix.com (Art Stine) writes:
|> [...]
|>            I think DEC is assuming that all their customers are stupid and
|> can't read instructions. For those of us who know what we're doing, let
|> us have the patches over the net; for those who aren't comfortable with
|> it, wait (and wait) to get the tape or have the problem 'fixed in the
|> next major release'. And besides, anyone who trusts patches and system
|> updates on tapes that much that they don't do a full backup BEFORE applying
|> them is just asking for trouble. I don't see any diff to getting them on
|> tape or over the net, except that: 1) it costs DEC less to distribute over
|> the net 2) we can get it alot quicker...

Surely the whole problem with protecting oneself against the legal
profession is that it's only the idiots who sue?

What does one do, then?

1) Post a disclaimer with the stuff saying "if you're an idiot, don't
even _think_ about trying to use this patch"

2) Go into court saying "the plaintiff is an idiot"

I can understand DEC's position, being as they're a large corporation
hung about with a corresponding number of corporate lawyers.  I don't
like it any more than does Art, but I really don't think it's because
DEC think all their customers are idiots.
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