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David Kaye wrote:
> JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> In order to effectively sue MS for Windows problems you first have to 
>> figure out how to get past the EULA.
> 
> Are you not reading what I'm writing?  The EULA is 

very strong.

Try this.  Try to find a single case where someone successfully sued 
Microsoft and in doing so invalidated the terms of the EULA.

> That's like Toyota having a EULA that says that they won't warrant their cars 
> for any particular purpose, such as driving, or that they won't warrant 
> against defects such as accelerators sticking.  

Indeed, it is.  However, good luck with that - if Toyota tried that 
people would just buy cars from Honda instead.  MS gets away with this 
because people feel they have no choice.  They also don't realize 
exactly what they are agreeing to (when was the last time you actually 
read a EULA before clicking "I agree) when they install the software.

>> It is something they *have* effectively absolved themselves from - both 
>> with the EULA disclaimer and the fact that they can afford more lawyers 
>> than you could imagine.
> 
> So many big companies and governments use Windows that if there were any 
> issues as to the viability of Windows, they would have sued.  Nobody has more 
> lawyers at their disposal -- plus the force of the law itself -- than 
> government.  

Again, good luck with that.  It would end up costing them more than they 
could possibly recover.  Far better to learn from the experience and 
move on.  The US no longer uses Windows OSs to run battleships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CG-48%29#Smart_ship_testbed

jc