[throw0101d]

> But corporations making big bucks from their software need to be able to fix things quickly. They took money for their software, so it is their responsibility. If they cannot react on a public holiday, tough luck.

Because it is not corporations who are reacting on public holidays, but developer human beings.

It is not corporations that are reacting to install patches on a Friday, but us sysadmins who are human beings.

[holowoodman]

Companies will act out of greed and use their customers and developers as "human shields" to get out of their responsibility. Your on-call duty should be paid by the hour just as any duty, doubling the pay on weekends, holidays and nights. "But the poor developers" is just the "we will hurt this poor innocent puppy"-defense. The evil ones are the ones inflicting the hurt, the greedy companies. Not the reporters.