>So you admit that vendors lying, denying or sandbagging on bugs and security holes is a wrong. Good for you! You are halfway to the truth. Now, the other half is that you, your customers, me and other consumers have the RIGHT to be fully informed about potential bugs and security holes in software we purchase as quickly as they are learned about, not at the convenience of the vendor.


Jerry;

We don’t have no stinking rights. At the same time the software vendors have no rights to limit disclosure of software anomalies (bugs). Now, someone may at some point pass a law or laws concerning this topic and then we will have “firm ground” to stand upon. Right now it is a free for all and not improving.

Tom