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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost?
Date: 2 May 2002 14:53:22 -0500
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In article <slrnad31ag.99k.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>, Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
> On 2 May 2002 11:41:27 -0500, Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>> In article <3CD16729.E695572@san.rr.com>, Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com> writes:
>>> John English wrote:
>>>> I know who I consider the guilty party here... and
>>>> the companies who lost out from the virus would stand more chance
>>>> of a meaningful settlement from Microsoft than from a lone Filipino.
>>> 
>>> So who would you sue for the Morris worm that took advantage of a
>>> similar hole in sendmail?
>> 
>> The person using sendmail, if they did not have a vendor on which
>> they could pin it.
> 
> How can one sue if the license agreements says: Use at own risk... no

In the United States there is no question about one's right to sue.
The issue is one of whether one would prevail.  A lawyer would look
to issues like implied warranty, strict liability and contracts of
adhesion, along with others.

> responsibility ... etc, which also Microsoft says. I don't really see
> that it is any better to buy software from Microsoft just because it is
> a commercial company that one can give the blame? How can one get
> anywhere in court with it?

One must balance the presence of a known fiscally sound vendor against
the quality of the software, and make a judgement whom to patronize.