[39878] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary E. Miller)
Wed Jul 25 17:57:37 2001
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:56:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
To: "Joseph T. Klein" <jtk@titania.net>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
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Yo Joseph!
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Joseph T. Klein wrote:
> Since software, in theory, can't cause physical danger, I suspect
> the shrink wrap license makes Microsoft immune to any liability.
ROTFL! What about the WinNT powered flight control systems from
Avidyne? NT blue screens when you are in the clouds and death is
usually shortly follow. Shrink wrap license or not, the first time
this happens expect M$ to show up in court.
RGDS
GARY
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