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I would agree that to some degree end customers share a portion of the blame for wanting a cheaper product, but that should not translate into the vendor cutting corners when it comes to testing/QA. It _should_ translate into a good, tested product at price point A. Price point B could include the features of A + other features to justify the higher price. Like XP Home vs. Pro, Office Standard vs. Pro, WebSphere Express vs. Standard/Network Deployment, etc. Also, I question whether or not vendors would actually do better if we agreed to a higher price point. I suspect many would simply pocket the additional profit. As to who to blame, the developer's company is to blame for delivering a shoddy product, the customer is to blame for supporting such works by paying for it, and the exploiter is to blame for taking advantage of the exploits for undeserved personal gain. There is blame all around. But the root cause is the shoddy product; the other issues wouldn't exist without it.
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