Re: protect your system from altered or "patched" MI programs... -- MIDRANGE-L

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From: Hall, Philip <phall@spss.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:28 PM
Subject: RE: protect your system from altered or "patched" MI programs...

> > Why unethical? And what grounds for suit? Code breaks
> > often happen after PTFs. (Review the history of v4r3 DB group PTFs.)
>
> Clearly, and if you've followed any of the posts on Fast400 it would be
> difficult to deny it, they are specifically targeting Fast400 with this PTF
> to break it.
>

regardless of what the PTF says, Ed Fishel on this list has stated IBM's
intention of breaking FAST400.

> Using the car analogy people seem to like to use, how different is this
than
> taking your car (which you've changed the EMS to get more power) for its
> regular service, the manufacturer thinks, I don't like this EMS system, I
> know what I'll do - I'll close the gaps on all the spark plugs so this EMS
> doesn't work so well...

I don't think the car analogy is a good one. There may not be any close
analogy.

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