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How do you not kill these people? How do you put up with it? How do vendors like this survive?
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
How do you not kill these people? How do you put up with it? How do vendors like this survive?
- maartenh 6y agoJust like in nature, they survive because they are good enough, and don't experience enough competition to be eliminated by selection.
- jolmg 6y agoDepending on what kind of vendor we're talking about, it might be that such aspects aren't even part of what makes them competitive. The average user is not going to know about these types of issues, and so they're not even going to consider such issues when evaluating the vendor.
- the8472 6y agofull disclosure could put some selective pressure on them.
- heavenlyblue 6y agoI would assume the “free market” here is that these companies will over-extend themselves so much that they will no longer be able to hide the bugs from the malicious parties and their devices will start getting hacked en masse. I would assume, however, that there is no law forcing minimal security so you can class A them, can you?
- ink_13 6y agoJust about every industrial automation vendor is like this in my experience. They never upgrade because they don't want to break anything.
- bsder 6y agoIn inverse order: Because nobody gives a shit about quality unless it hits their paycheck. "Onnnngggg. They pay me hourly. Onnnngggg." They cut lots of checks.