jack@cca.CCA.COM (Jack Orenstein) (01/05/88)
In article <7975@g.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >... Commodore doesn't have >a responsibility to prosecute the virus criminals any more than Chicago >Cutlery has a responsibility to prosecute knife murderers. It may not be their responsibility, but it is certainly in their best interest to try and protect the machine, by fixing Kickstart, by providing a software "vaccine", and by prosecuting if possible. Maybe the correct analogy is to the manufacturers of Tylenol after someone laced the product with cyanide - they weren't responsible, but they tried hard to make tampering more difficult, and they went to a lot of trouble to communicate their efforts. Jack Orenstein This is not a disclaimer.