At 03:29 PM 6/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
>So maybe you don't put faulty software out there. Maybe you do. Maybe it
>only happens occasionally. Or never. All that's really required is that
>people THINK that there's a possibility of getting screwed if they don't
>come to the source.... regardless of who's software they're patronizing.
>Could be my software, could be yours. But they know that "Betty" got
>screwed by getting a faulty copy of "John Smith's" software from some weird
>3rd world site... So when they go looking for my software they'll think
>twice about who they get it from.
I have a feeling you might be biting yourself in the ass here. I know that
if I get a piece of software that doesn't behave, I say to myself "Piece of
cr*p" and never use it again - no matter where I got it. I'd probably tell
people it's a piece of cr*p and that the author seems to be a halfwit.
Woulnd't even cross my mind that hackers had something to do with it.
>
>And i think everybody should have a first run splash screen warning about
>the potential dangers of getting the software from unauthorized or unknown
>origins... Generally when it comes to general population software folks
>don't question the motive behind a warning. Start talking viruses &
>corruption and they believe it. So then the perception becomes the reality...
Hmm... lets see... I'm a hacker ... want to hack your app.... I see a nice
"anti-hacker" splash screen.... so I leave it there because it's too hard
to stop it showing ... I'm so stupid, I can only get around your
registration protection, not your splash screen, D'Oh.
>
>FUD in the hands of benevolent dictators like the Palm dev community can be
>a good thing. :-)
I do hope you're being sarcastic or something.
