If this were a very public forum, like comp.sys.palmtops.pilot, I would
agree -- but this list, although anybody -can- join, is essentially the
playground of palm developers. Joe User isn't likely to stick around
to watch the neepery, you have to be pretty interested in how to set
lists into popups and why you can't select the entire row in a table
to wade through this forum. Plus the exposure is not as great as
the public newsgroups. You can access it as a newsgroup primarily
from one server, maintained by Palm Computing, and you can read
it on the web at eGroups, or get it sent straight to your mailbox. But
it is not mirrored on all the standard usenet feeds. Overall, I think that
exposing a security issue here is not the "come-and-get-it" call that
you seem to believe it is (although posting the same message on
comp.sys.palmtops.pilot would be).
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-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
Bobby Kolev wrote in message <10455@palm-dev-forum>...
>
>It's simple, it's been already dusscussed in the forum at least once:
>announcing warez site on a public place is a pure promotion and it harms
the
>authors even more.
>There had been questions and suggestions on how to handle the situation and
>the best response I heard was to inform PalmGear or Handango as both have
>bigger interest than us in shutting warez sites.
>It's an endless battle and it already showed that posting a warez site
>causes a lot of "me too, what to do now" and "trace their IP address, go to
>their provider" etc. postings in the forum. I agree that everybody has
right
>to be informed, but if there are already developed ways to process why not
>use them? Why do we have to repeat the same story over and over again?
>This is the only reason I don't post the warez sites. I don't hide it, due
>to my connections with countries in Eastern Europe I get warez sites on
>regular bases without even looking for them. How would you feel if I
>constantly post them here? And I don't think I'm the only one in the list
>aware of warez sites in Eastern Europe (hint, hint)...what if all the guys
>start posting?
>Once again, posting in public forum is not my choice. It's like bringing a
>golden brick in the middle of Bronx just to say "see what I found" ;-)
>
>Just my two cents and apologies for being off-forum-topic.
>I won't comment more on that.
>
>Bobby
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