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: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-27 20:41:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.0.158 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1017290445 ST000 12.234.0.158 (Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:40:45 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:40:45 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_@SVGXZUWSVPXN[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFQATJUZ]CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 04:40:45 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21745 Date: 2002-03-28T04:40:45+00:00 List-Id: >would I be willing to bet the company by claiming that the software has >no defects and that any defects found will be fixed or you have some >legal recourse to sue me for dammages? Probably not for anything beyond >the most trivial software. That's a straw man. When you drive your car you don't expect to be liable for accidents that no normal (non stunt) driver could have prevented. You are held to a "reasonable" standard, not one of perfection. Doctors don't give warranties that their patients will not die, they only are liable if they do sloppy work. If your software company can show it used best practice to avoid bugs, you will win your case. If not, you, or your malpractice insurer, must pay. In the current state of affairs you (or Microsoft) would practically need to maliciously insert bugs to lose a suit.