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Article #387Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: David Kaye
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:32
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:32
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John Higdon <higgy@kome.com> wrote: >Have you read the EULA? And there's one thing Microsoft never skimped >on: attorneys. Yea, backwards and forwards, and the EULA doesn't exempt them before the fact. This is why most EULA's are bogus, especially the part that says that particular software "is not fit for any particular purpose." A "reasonable" person buys an operating system assuming that it will run properly on the computer it's designed for. Such "particular purpose" disclaimers are designed to absolve liability if the software is used for something totally different. An example of a disclaimed use is a car tire being tied by rope from a tree and used as a swing. It is not reasonable to expect the tire company to guarantee that the tire would make a good swing unless it were sold as a swing. A "reasonable" person has the right to expect good performance from an operating system. Windows is not an open-source Linux put together by volunteers. If it were, then a "reasonable" person wouldn't have a prayer if Linux broke down. There may have been some, but I can't think of any lawsuits brought against Microsoft for failure in mission-critical situations. Likewise, I can't think of anyone suing Apple for this, either. I've mentioned before of scenarios in which Windows has been running for 300+ days, the equivalent of Linux and Unix uptimes.
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