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Microsoft didn't NEED to buy the domain, they could have patched their code to handle the issue. Clearly, they did a cost benefit and decided it was worth it to
by awad 7y ago
Microsoft didn't NEED to buy the domain, they could have patched their code to handle the issue. Clearly, they did a cost benefit and decided it was worth it to buy the domain to plug a hole they created.
Another poster used the stocks analogy but I think the real estate one is more appropriate. Someone who bought land a long time ago that is now desirable to another party can has no obligation to sell at all (let's not bring eminent domain into this). Let's say instead of corp.com this was land next to Microsoft Campus in Redmond. Why shouldn't someone ask for as much as they can get for their land?
- icedchai 7y agoIf they patch their code, they still have to get people to update. I know companies still running Windows XP. If you think people outside of the tech industry update their systems regularly, you're in for a rude awakening. My uncle's company still runs a DOS app written in 1984.
- jrochkind1 7y agoThe OP discusses patches.
- doingmyting 7y agoThere are a lot of devices that use old versions of Windows that are critical and can't be patched Willy nilly such as critical medical devices.