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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (44427)	5/8/2000 5:03:00 AM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Re: blame-the-victim mentality/Anybody dumb enough to open an attachment deserves to lose their data. It is interesting that this attitude exists. I saw a piece on ( Discovery Channel? History Channel? ) about the development of automotive safety glass. The observation was made that in the early days of automobile use, accidents were regarded as a result of driver error or incompetence, and as such, injuries were the responsibility of the driver. Eventually it was recognized that auto accidents were a statistically predictable phenomenon and that blame didn't matter as much as reducing the severity of the consequences. It would appear the Microsoft email and web browser offerings are still in the "plain old window glass" era. Given the weaknesses are intentional features ( the embedded Basic functionality ), this circumstance cries out for someone to write the computer equivalent of "Unsafe at Any Speed" and get the Congressional hearings underway :-) .

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