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RE: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..')
From: "David Schwartz" <davids () webmaster com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:49:49 -0700
Perhaps a different approach is in order -- product liability.
When Firestone made a large number of bad tires, they compensated the purchasers by PAYING for replacement, including those that had not yet been injured. That included the upgrade, and the installation cost.
Network operators have been injured by the distribution of buggy software from M$. We need to be compensated for our time and expenses.
End users need to be compensated for their costs to upgrade.
A check in the mail would be a better incentive to administrators than "automatic" updates.
Please don't force a benefit on me that I don't want and still have to pay for. I'd rather pay less for software and hold manufacturers responsible only for deliberate damage. And if we force Microsoft, do we also force the authors of software that is given away for free? It seems to me that even if Firestone gave away their tires, their liability for defective ones would be the same. DS
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- 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..' k claffy (Jul 24)
- Re: 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..' Wayne E. Bouchard (Jul 24)
- product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') William Allen Simpson (Jul 24)
- RE: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') David Schwartz (Jul 24)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') Larry Diffey (Jul 25)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') Joe Shaw (Jul 25)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') Joe Shaw (Jul 25)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') Ryan Tucker (Jul 25)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with theextent to which luck..') Chris Rapier (Jul 25)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with theextent to which luck..') Owen DeLong (Jul 25)
- product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') William Allen Simpson (Jul 24)
- Re: 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..' Wayne E. Bouchard (Jul 24)
- Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..') Jonas Luster (Jul 25)
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- Re: 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..' Marshall Eubanks (Jul 25)