EULAs are written by the software vendor, so they never will provide customer protection. In theory, contract law might still provide protection (implied performance), but having a specific law on the issue of software would certainly help.
Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oblio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 7.1 upgrade costs: make it law > IAMAL, but that's what contract law is. If these damn EULAs where more > protecting of the consumer, we could demand specific performance (they said > it will do x, and so it shall). The problem is, there's no protection for > consumers when it comes to software. Read your EULA's. > > Oblio > > At 5/9/02 11:02 AM -0700, you wrote: > >This is going a little far a field, but what would people think about a law > >enforcing what we expect any way? I imagine something along the lines of > >"If a software package is sold with a list of published/advertised features, > >those features must work or fixes must be provided." (Of course, you would > >only want this to apply to large market products and not custom or niche > >market apps.) Require working software? What a thought... > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
