> matter... is software treated the same as hardware as far as the law > is concerned?
In NZ, in theory, yes. In practice, ROTFL........ It boils down to "does it do for the purpose it was bought", which means the buyer would have had to specify the purpose (does anyone?), and I guess nobody has yet fought a legal battle over whether a disease-riddled box still "does my email" and/or exactly what level of faults are unavoidable. Perhaps we should make it clear to the government that they please present some business who got compensation from Microsoft for their malfunctioning "supported" software? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
