[LINK] Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers

[Marghanita da Cruz]

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>> You know that's an interesting point.  People selling software make 
>> claims for their software, including that it is "of merchantable 
>> quality".  Much FOSS makes no such claims.  I have often thought that 
>> our (and of course the U.S.) "advertising" society creates 
>> litigation.  When you have a "company" making only "positive" public 
>> claims about their product then it really invites and creates an 
>> industry of litigation to balance those claims.  If a product was 
>> advertised like:  "We think our product is OK and does the job 
>> adequately but it's not as good as we'd like and could be dangerous 
>> used the wrong way", it would be much harder to sue.
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> ...as well as being impossible to sell...
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....read about a 10 year saga
#  Unisys Australia Ltd v RACV Insurance Pty Ltd & Anor [2004] VSCA 81 
(14 May 2004) (From Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal; 14 May 
2004; 156 KB)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2004/81.html?query=%7e+racv+vs+unisys




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Marghanita da Cruz
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