"Invoking both the controversial 1998 DMCA and computer crime laws, HP has threatened to sue a team of researchers who publicized a vulnerability in the company's Tru64 Unix operating system."

I don't think I'm overreacting when I say that if this is true, I will never buy another HP product. It's an amazing accomplishment, actually; in one step they're undoing the product-buying goodwill they've created in me starting when I bought my first HP RPN calculator for engineering classes in 1978.

Corporate-wise, what's one step past stupid?

[2002-08-02 update: Spin control? Or coming to their senses? CNet reports that HP backs off DMCA threat (Dave).]
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