Re: "risky" PD software

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From: Marc Bouron
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 08:30

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In article <1992Aug17.010336.4750@uwm.edu>, bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu (Bruno Wolff III) writes:
> From article <7796821@MVB.SAIC.COM>, by "Phillip E. Parker" <PPARKER@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU>:
> > I don't understand: how is running PD software risky if the user has access
> > to files he is not supposed to show to anyone? Specifically, why is it more
> > risky than running Wordperfect etc.?
> > 
> Running any software is risky. However I feel that commerical software
> companies are less likely to produce code that has trojan horse code in it.

Funny you should say that...  In an article at the weekend in a most reputable
British newspaper, it was alleged that some software houses were deliberately
introducing errors and `time bombs' into their software, some simple, some 
malicious, in order to secure future "business" from their clients.  (Extortion, 
basically.)

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