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You're kidding, surely?
You don't address the argument at all. The fact that
alternatives exist does not absolve a company of all
responsibility.

The issue raised was whether Microsoft should be held
liable for the cost that its products have caused its
customers because of poor workmanship

Your response is that it doesn't matter how shoddy their
workmanship is, provided there are alternatives, they can
sell anything they like.

You clearly have never heard of "negligence" or "duty of
care".

The point is worth considering, especailly since all software
manufacturers have EULAs that remove all responsibility for
the performance (or lack there of) of their products. No
other industry is able to get away with an "all care but no
responsibility accepted" attitude, why do we accept it with
software?
Posted by: Fred Fredrickson   Posted on: 03/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The real MS problem goes unaddressed  bjbrock | 03/24/04
The problem with iyur argument is no one is forcing them to use MS.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/24/04
yea but he can't buy a dell without windows  JoeMama_z | 03/24/04
And nobody was forced to smoke Marlboros  IT_User | 03/24/04
Can't compare physical safety with data safety  vferrara | 03/25/04
Nobody is forcing me to buy Ford either...  NemesisNL | 03/25/04
waw !!!  Ardian Daka | 03/25/04
Me, sort of  tic swayback | 03/25/04
waw!!! II  NemesisNL | 03/25/04
Nobody is forcing me to buy Ford either...  seosamh_z | 03/25/04
Here is the picture you wanted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/25/04
Apple users seem to think that works  vferrara | 03/25/04
No  NemesisNL | 03/26/04
You're kidding, surely?  Fred Fredrickson | 03/25/04
Regarding software EULAs  Shell_z | 03/25/04
EULAs  Update victim | 03/25/04
Because you didn't pay for it  Bill Weisgerber | 03/25/04
You have it exactlly 180 degrees backward.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/25/04
Eulas and liability  TokyoPete | 03/25/04
Expletive undeleted (NT)  Update victim | 03/25/04
Yes sir, as they say, the rubber is about to meet the road.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/24/04
So according to your theory of law...  B.O.F.H. | 03/24/04
Notice the lack of reply?  NemesisNL | 03/25/04
Just locker room bravado  Bill Weisgerber | 03/25/04
Priorities  tic swayback | 03/25/04
Makes no sense at all  Bill Weisgerber | 03/25/04
Marketing  tic swayback | 03/25/04
And the world is flat  Bill Weisgerber | 03/25/04
Because there was nothing worth replying too.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/25/04
So according to your theory of law...  seosamh_z | 03/25/04
Ne "theory" involved.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/25/04
Repeating nonsense  NemesisNL | 03/26/04
Gee, according to this  IT_User | 03/24/04
Are you not reading.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/25/04
As I understand it...  Richard Flude | 03/24/04
What is the issue here?  Bill Weisgerber | 03/25/04
What is the issue here?  rjones_z | 03/25/04
The issue is...  Richard Flude | 03/25/04
What a Load...  moodytx | 03/25/04
Newspapers don't share stories?  bknabe@... | 03/26/04

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