On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]>wrote:
> Stocker, Herman wrote: > >> ... they want a package [...] from a vendor who can be held accountable if >> some >> thing goes wrong. >> >> > > Accountable? Better read the disclaimer carefully. A software provider like > IBM or an ISV will fix a bug if you report it. But, they won't pay you for > down time or lost data... > > Ed's right. The boilerplate Ts & Cs of every software contract ever written expressly rule out liability for lossed incurred. The industry could never have gotten off the ground if the vendors (including IBM) were being held liable for the cost of outages and errors. -- This email might be from the artist formerly known as CC (or not) You be the judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
