Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

Florian's message, I believe, was rich with irony... 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Robert Graham
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:52 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org; Florian Weimer
Subject: Re: [funsec] Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water

--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Florian Weimer <fweimer () bfk de> wrote:
> He should
> have negotiated a reinstantiation fee and a new 12 month
> support contract.

Um, no.

That's like letting fire insurance lapse, and then calling up the
insurance company asking to reinstate it as you are standing outside in
your pajamas watching your house burn down. Like insurance, OnStar uses
the money from people who DON'T need the service to pay to support those
who DO need it.

Any way you crunch the numbers, the "reinstantiation" fee must be
prohibitively high, or everyone would let their service lapse until they
needed it.

Much cheaper to simply throw a rock into a window.


      
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