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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-13 07:27:29 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.programmer From: Ted Dennison References: <3b24dc21$1@news.tce.com> <9g33oo$rp$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b267365$1@news.tce.com> <3B267A3D.1B2F2750@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9g61hj$35f$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B2721D9.83CF4E07@dresdner-bank.com> Subject: Re: software suits, was Re: Long names are doom ? Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:26:27 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:26:27 GMT Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!news.bnb-lp.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8655 comp.lang.java.programmer:75969 Date: 2001-06-13T14:26:27+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B2721D9.83CF4E07@dresdner-bank.com>, James Kanze says... >In the end, regardless of contract, a consumer has a certain number of >rights. Today, many of these are explictly spelled out, but there are Perhaps, but if the "Hague Treaty" ( http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/hague.html ) passes, then you could be sued under US law where you don't have those protections, and your German courts would be required to enforce any award. :-) Welcome to the 21'st century... --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com