On Jun 9, 2010, at 4:27 AM, Joe Greco wrote:
I'm all for that, but, point is that people who fail to meet that standard are currently getting a free ride. IMHO, they should pay and they should have the recourse of being (at least partially) reimbursed by their at-fault software vendors for contributory negligence.
Great idea. You know, I've got a great solution for global warming. Let's hold all the car owners accountable for all the greenhouse gases their cars belch out, and let them have the recourse of being (at least partially) reimbursed by their at-fault car manufacturers and gasoline distributors for contributory negligence.
1. My car emits very little greenhouse gas, so, I'm cool with that. Sounds great to me. (I drive a Prius).
Your car emits lots of greenhouse gases. Just because it's /less/ doesn't change the fact that the Prius has an ICE. We have a Prius and a HiHy too.
2. Manufacturers are held liable for contributory negligence when the design of their vehicle is unsafe and causes an accident.
That isn't relevant to what I suggested.
3. We're not talking about greenhouse gasses here... We're talking about car-wrecks on the information superhighway caused by a combination of irresponsible operators and poor vehicle design.
That wasn't the analogy I was making. I was stabbing at the whole idea behind your suggestion, by directly translating it to a real-world example.
See how insane that sounds?
Actually, it sounds reasonably sane to me, but, it's not a good analogy as noted above, so, the relative merits are mostly irrelevant.
Owen
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