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Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr () thyrsus com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:28:08 -0400
Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>:
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 12:41 PM, <bzs () theworld com> wrote:Assuming these manufacturers who are culpable carry product liability insurance go to their insurance companies and explain the situation.Cheaper solution: Start a company, build crappy firmware, carry product liability insurance, release the product, immediately sell millions of units to various vendors that 'rebrand' your product. Close your business / go out of business. Wait for lawsuits to roll in after the business has been shut down. -A
For anyone who thinks this is a hypothetical, the market for consumer-grade GPSes already works this way -- though, not for liability reasons in quite the same sense. The issue in GPS-land is blocking patents and other IP. Fly-by-night GPS vendors with 60-to-90-day life cycles keep a lot of Shenzhen shops busy. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
Current thread:
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11, (continued)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Mark Andrews (Oct 22)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Josh Reynolds (Oct 22)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 bzs (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 jim deleskie (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 bzs (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Martin Hannigan (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 bzs (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Jean-Francois Mezei (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Jean-Francois Mezei (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Eric S. Raymond (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Ronald F. Guilmette (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 bzs (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Ronald F. Guilmette (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Stephen Satchell (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 David Conrad (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Stephen Satchell (Oct 23)