From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-15 10:34:13 PST From: "Dale King" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.programmer References: <3b24dc21$1@news.tce.com> <3b267365@news.tce.com> <3B272435.B01F9F05@dresdner-bank.com> Subject: Re: software suits, was Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:09:00 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 NNTP-Posting-Host: weis3.indy.tce.com Message-ID: <3b2a470e$3@news.tce.com> X-Trace: 15 Jun 2001 12:34:06 -0600, weis3.indy.tce.com Organization: Thomson Consumer Electronics Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!pullfeed!news.tce.com!weis3.indy.tce.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8788 comp.lang.java.programmer:76727 Date: 2001-06-15T00:09:00-05:00 List-Id: "James Kanze" wrote in message news:3B272435.B01F9F05@dresdner-bank.com... > Dale King wrote: > > If I sell a "word processor" which simply ignores all input, I'm > pretty sure that you could prosecute me regardless of what license > you'd clicked. If it generally worked, however, and just crashed a > couple of times a day, well -- that's what a reasonable person > expects, isn't it? You could make a warranty claim if it did not work, which would mean you could get your money back, but that is quite different than suing for damages. -- Dale King