Apparently, you don't agree completely.<div><br></div><div>'Useless' is a terrific overstatement, as is the characterization 'malware'. I tend to think of the whole thing as more of an easter egg, especially given that the 'logic bomb' fires for only 24 hours.<div>
<br></div><div>The real tragedy here is that so few have gotten the message with respect to deploying this alpha software in a production capacity: Don't. And if you do, be prepared for a rough ride.</div><div><br></div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Frank W Sweet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fwsweet@backintyme.com">fwsweet@backintyme.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
James Stallings II wrote, "Bravo Ralf, well done," refering to a<br>
message by Ralf Haifisch that ends with, "Donīt blame other for a lack<br>
<div class="im">of skills, prudence or you nervous customers."<br>
<br>
</div>I agree completely. Here is a project where a developer (with the<br>
avowed support of other developers) plants a time-bomb that denotates<br>
weeks later, rendering the software unusable in a way that cannot be<br>
recovered by reverting to prior relases (which were aready secretly<br>
contaminated). I agree with Ralf and Stallings. Anyone who continues<br>
in such a project, knowing that this can happen again, is lacking in<br>
prudence, skills, and will certainly have nervous customers.<br>
<br>
By the way, how much longer is this thread going to continue? It seems<br>
to me that everything that can be said has been said. Developers<br>
(correctly) believe that they have the right to plant time bombs that<br>
render the software useless because everyone is warned that the<br>
software is pre-release (bleeding edge, trunk, whatever). I agree.<br>
They have that right, since they are volunteers and need to commit a<br>
"prank" now and then. On the other hand, some users (including me)<br>
believe that prudence requires us to shun such a project because,<br>
while we can live with bugs, which can be reverted, we cannot live<br>
with with deliberate malware, which cannot.<br>
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FWS<br>
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