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In article <1992Aug17.033022.273@hemlock.cray.com>, Marc Bouron (mb) writes:

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

I would have thought that this was v.dodgey for the company since they
would likely be on the wrong end of a fraud suit if found out. Even if
they argued that it was an accident they're going to be vulnerable to
`merchantable quality' claims, so they don't get extra business, just
a requirement to fix everything free.

Of course, there is no requirement that software companies have
collective IQs above single digits and, in fact, some well known
examples of the reverse :-).

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