Jo wrote:
Duane Hill schreef:
Marc Perkel wrote:
I'm considering filing a lawsuit against Microsoft to try to get an
order to make them make public security updates for Windows to
everyone, registered or not.
The idea is that their product Windows creates a toxic byproduct
(spam,ddos zombies) that interfere with everyone else's internet
usage and that they have a responsibility to clean it up. It would
be similar to a suit where a business that is otherwise legitimate
attracts crime in a neighborhood or a manufacturer dumping toxic
waste into a stream.
Virus infected spam zombie are a toxic byproduct of their business
model and it affects all of us and they have a duty to the public to
fix it. I'm somewhat of a legal expert, not a lawyer though. But
just wanted to get some feedback on the idea.
Good luck! As it is now, Windows is the most widely used platform at
present. That is the reason it is the most widely attacked. If Mac
OSX or any other platform were to rise up and be dominant, then guess
what would happen? Yes. That platform would be the one most widely
attacked.
So, should the other OS platforms start to take action now in
preparing for an OS mainstream shift?
I don't buy the hypothesis that if another OS would be more popular it
would automatically be such a sieve like Windows. A system can be
intrinsically more secure due to the choices that were made during its
development.
Suing MS, I would say: Go for it! By all means. Maybe they can also
die the death of a thousand cuts.
Jo
Popularity is a factor. But the real vulnerability is that Windows can
be more secure if it has the patches. If Linux for example restricted
it's seurity patches to only licensed users they would have the same
problem. I'm not saying either that MS should be compelled to distribute
any upgrades for free. Just secutiry fixes.
