[39872] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam McKenna)
Wed Jul 25 17:23:23 2001
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:05:20 -0700
From: Adam McKenna <adam-nanog@flounder.net>
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:59:38PM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote:
> So what point *does* microsoft become negligently liable? Never?
>
> Ask your attorney friend if he can think of *ANY* situation where m$ could
> be found negligent.
>
> Microsoft is giving a *great* sales pitch about reliability, stability,
> security, etc. but simply not delivering what they are advertising. This
> game of deceit is costing consumers billions.
M$'s click/shrinkwrap licenses, as far as I can remember, discliam liability
for any and all security problems. (And a lot of other stuff too.)
--Adam
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