[LINK] Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers

[Deus Ex Machina]

Craig Sanders [cas at taz.net.au] wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 08:41:02AM +1000, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> > You just identified one of the arguments that corporate suits have
> > made whenever open source or even Linux alone has been considered for
> > enterprise application. Who will we sue if it doesn't work or screws
> > up our business?
> 
> this argument is bogus - there's no one to sue even with proprietary
> software.
> 
> no one has ever sued microsoft (or novell or ibm or any other
> proprietary software developer) for their shoddy software, and likely no
> one ever will. even if someone ever started the process, it is extremely
> unlikely that it would even get to court, let alone be successful.

again this is false. you cant waive away all responsiblity in an eula,
regardless of what the eula says. its fairly common in contracts to claim
to waive away rights granted by law, but the reality is you cant.

Vic