EULAs aren't worth much and are not even valid in some areas. Anyway, if
there is a class action against MS for egregious design flaws or anything
else for that matter and it gets overturned by a lame EULA, then the
whole 'who ya gonna sue' argument goes out the window. Furthermore, it
could establish a public awareness that no MS products are suitable for
use in a networked environment.
If the suit targets the businesses and organizations which allowed
personal or financial data to unauthorized parties by connecting the MS
products to the Net, then MS' EULA isn't going to help them any: it says
clearly you get what you deserve if you mistake it for a suitable product.
The part the OOo could realy benefit from would be to promote its
standalone nature and highlighting the difficulties caused by the
server ties in MSO 11+.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents endanger the legal certainty of software.
Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
Saturday, January 7, 2006 Lars D. Noodén wrote:
Some class action suits might get MS to clean up its act somewhat, but at
this point it'd be foolish to expect any change in their quality or
business model.
Won't work. The EULA expressely exempts MS from any damage
caused by bugs in their programs. If you installed them, you
have accepted the EULA.
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