There is a certain implied warrantee that it will perform the task it was
designed for. I have heard of some lawsuits based on this premise (against
proprietary applications like SAP), but don't recall any specific one, nor
do I know what the outcome of those lawsuits were. In any case it is
unlikely M$ could be sued for security holes, especially if there is a fix
widely available for it. And of course one fix is to unplug the internet.
Sadly, Winblows fills the basic tenets of implied merchantability, it runs
(most of the time) and allows people to do "productive" things (most of the
time) with it.

Oh yeah,

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David P. Engvall [mailto:davideng@ponyexpress.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:25 AM
> To: jim@itdepends.com
> Cc: KC Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: Code Red Origin / Interesting reading part II
> 
> 
> MS, like most software companies, place a disclaimer along 
> with their software but
> I wonder if it has ever been tested in court.  I have 
> pondered  this subject about
> expensive engineering software that we depend on constantly.
> 
> Jim Herrmann wrote:
> 
> > Great article Brad!  This really clears up any mysterys.
> >
> > What I want to know is, why is M$ not held responsible for 
> producing a defective
> > product?  I know all about the license stuff, but I don't 
> think those would
> > really hold up in court.  If GM or Ford produced a product 
> with a known defect,
> > like a gas tank, they are finacially liable for deaths or 
> damage that result from
> > that known defect.  Why is software different?  Just curious.
> >
> > Jim Herrmann
> >
> > Bradley Miller wrote:
> >
> > > At 03:33 PM 8/9/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Does anyone know the origin of the Code Red worm/virus? I don't
> > > >recall reading any mention of its origin or of even trying to
> > > >determine who's responsible for it.
> > >
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> > > Seeing Red ........
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