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  • Subject: Cringely's Column and the on going Tidal Change
  • From: jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:26:24 -0400


I wish IBM would exploit the below statements and the growing sentiment
that goes along with it,  and do some advertising about the iSeries.

The iSeries should be the first computer that comes with a;
"software users' bill of rights


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"Code Red puts Microsoft in hot seat"

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO62787,00.html

>>
"It's only a matter of time before consumers and businesses start to demand
more reliable and secure software, said Dave McCurdy, executive director of
the Internet Security Alliance in Arlington, Va. "When health and safety
concerns are raised, then there are going to be higher expectations of
accountability," he said.

"People have every right to expect reliable, secure software," said Jay
Nickson, a security trainer at Ronin Software Group in West Chesterfield,
N.H. He added that developers should be responsible if errors in their
software result in lost profits, hours or bodily harm. He even suggested
that it might be time for a "software users' bill of rights."
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