B. van Ouwerkerk said: > >> >>All parties are willing and agreeable, and the vendor stands to make some >>money. I can't imagine that would be a bad thing. I wouldn't >> underestimate >>the importance of liability, tho. > > Uhhh... but then what do you think someone providing such service would be > liable for then? Unable to download an update? Or not being updated as > soon > as an update arrives?
I think such a provider would be liable for very little - but it is very expensive to establish that in court. Law suits are trivial to initiate and we are in a very litigous society. If you have 10,000 customers you can bet at least one of them will levy a suit against you for some perceived affront and you are out of pocket without some kind of insurance. > Pretty hard one because you connection might be temporarily down, a > temporarily routing problem might exist somewhere between you and the > server supposed to update your server. Tell it to the judge. Ka-ching! > > If you want to be able to sue someone then why don't you use a product > like > Symantec Corporate edition, or from any other large vendor? I don't want to sue someone - I just like being protected against those who do, and there are a lot of them out there. > > I have some experience with liability insurances and they will limit what > they cover as much as possible. Making an update service pretty > expensive.. Imagine the expense of having to be represented in court 5 or 10 times a year. dp ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
