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It's just sanity cathing up with the software world. You'de expect your car dealer to come to your aid when your car has a design flaw. You would return your coffee machine it it made tea instead of coffee. It's ludicrous that software can be sold without the manufacturer bearing any responsbility for what he's selling. Security flaws in windows have cost buisiness a lot of money, after they already payed a lot of money to use the software in the first place.

OSS is a whole different kind of matter. If I get something for free with a clear warning that he software is provided as is and that there mifgt or might not be problems when using it I make a consious decisiion wether to use it or not. I did not pay anything for it so I have no right to complain. If I hire a programmer and pay him to create a piece of software I'd hold him responsible if the software were to be full of wholes and damaged my buisiness.

It's time the software industry faced the same laws manufacturers of other goods have to.
Posted by: NemesisNL   Posted on: 04/18/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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blub blub blub  Arrg | 04/16/04
Of course not....  James T. Kirk | 04/16/04
i do smell something....  Monkey_MCSE | 04/16/04
Microsoft's getting worried  OhMyGosh | 04/16/04
Sewage, eh...  jcrit | 04/16/04
Breaking news....!!  PaulWallen | 04/16/04
Royal Bank of Canada  nograin | 04/18/04
what will rbc do  lotta_anger | 04/19/04
investors  Arm A. Geddon | 04/16/04
Baystar is going to regret this...  Mike Cox | 04/16/04
Mikie - Baystar ALREADY regrets it  IT_User | 04/16/04
love it...  Breakthrough Bruce | 04/16/04
. . . . . 7.4 . . . . . .  Plain Logic | 04/16/04
No, they won't.  linuxadmin2 | 04/16/04
Once again 200% on the money  Joe Frisco | 04/17/04
"Cold Feet"? Not BayStar!  kd5auq | 04/16/04
Perversely sorry if SCO bows out  Blair_z | 04/16/04
I believe you're wrong  Robert Carnegie | 04/19/04
I wonder...  Rick_K | 04/16/04
What I don't get  Fred Fredrickson | 04/16/04
if ms bought sco  V Sanders | 04/17/04
In need of a moral Victory  Joe Frisco | 04/17/04
I really hope....  Rick_K | 04/18/04
I really hope.... jafrisco gets back on his meds. (NT)  Plain Logic | 04/18/04
MS won't dare touch SCO - It would be death for them!  George Mitchell | 04/18/04
NEWS FLASH! MS Discovers A Need for $20M More Unix Licenses  km4hr@... | 04/18/04
Suckers Poor Bay Street and Royal Canada Bank - Just trrew away $50,000,000  Plain Logic | 04/16/04
Hey bitty, come eat your crow  Spam-ZD | 04/16/04
ms wants nothing to do with sco  V Sanders | 04/17/04
ZD/CNET CARROL AX_, Your crow is served!  Spin_Masterz | 04/16/04
Uh no...  John Le'Brecage | 04/17/04
Testing the GPL  IT_User | 04/17/04
It's a start. (More of a pop quiz than a test)  John Le'Brecage | 04/17/04
NBMers crap pants?  richhayes | 04/17/04
I'll tell you why....  Spin_Masterz | 04/17/04
Tell me why  richhayes | 04/18/04
Maybe he meant to say..  NemesisNL | 04/18/04
maybe  richhayes | 04/18/04
Chill out  Spin_Masterz | 04/18/04
not exactly  NemesisNL | 04/19/04
SCO=Grease Spot  drichards1953 | 04/17/04
I'd be interested to know...  John Le'Brecage | 04/17/04
um.. the EULA is no different  Romanval | 04/18/04
No, you miss my point...  John Le'Brecage | 04/18/04
Oh, great.  gordon@... | 04/17/04
No it's not!  NemesisNL | 04/18/04
omg...  userini | 04/17/04
SCO is money down the drain  Uncoveror | 04/18/04
I don't think it will take that long happy (nt)  NemesisNL | 04/18/04
People always want their $$ back for broken stuff  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/18/04
BayStar and Royal Canada Bank both proved that PT Barnum was right . . .  Plain Logic | 04/18/04
I smell investor lawsuits just around the corner!  George Mitchell | 04/18/04
royal bank of canada  lotta_anger | 04/19/04
RE: royal bank of canada  support@... | 04/19/04

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