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Also referred to simply as "newsgroups," Usenet newsgroups are a huge bunch of Internet discussion groups that replicate across the Internet every so often. If you get a bunch of people together and request a group for yourself, you'll probably be able to create it. Topics range from technical discussions and debate to flame wars. However, the most infamous use of the newsgroups is the distribution of binary pictures and
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Newsgroups - email@crazyhat.net wrote: Yeah, we'd all get a $5 coupon for our next purchase of a Microsoft service pack (which they'd start charging for to cover the cost of the lawsuit)Many times I've seen companies charge for firmware upgrades thatcustomers want because of new features, but give the firmware upgradesaway free if they were needed to fix a bug. I'd love to see a lawthat requires software publishers to provide customers with a freeeupgrade if that's what's required to fix a serious bug or plug avulnerability.It would definitely revolutionize the software industry - or at leastsplit it into two groups that even executives could tell apart: thosewho stand by their products and those who are required to state on thepackage and in all advertising and catalog listings that their productshould not be relied upon.It scares the crap out of me the way that big companies put big buckson the line using off the shelf software with histories of big bugsand no one -- CIO, CFO, CEO, whoever -- ever stops to ask, "what if thatsoftware screwed up and the aftermath cost us a hundred milliondollars?"Geoffrey Welsh Always looking for a good condition original 'chicklet keyboard'Commodore PET
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