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Because you didn't pay for it
"No other industry is able to get away with an "all care but no responsibility accepted" attitude, why do we accept it with software? "

You could always buy an IBM mainframe solution for a lot of money or a Unix server solution for less or a Windows server solution for even less money. There is a declining level of absolute guarantee of data integrity and availability as well and most people understand this.

If you want to hurricane-proof a house in Florida, you have to pay a lot more money to the builder than for a house where the roof is likely to come off in a mild hurricane. People here understand that and make the decision as to whether or not to pay for the protection. Lately, the government has stepped in with minimum code requirements and the prices have gone through the roof and the poorer folk have no roof to begin with.

You can't demand a million dollar guarantee on your ten dollar system.
Posted by: Bill Weisgerber   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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