On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Akilan R <akila...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM, openbala <damodaran.bal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Corporate Users typically choose Windows because >> - Accountability, Dependability: IBM, Microsoft, Oracle will sell >> products with *warranty*, *service*, *support* - which doesn't come >> for free even in FOSS world. So, given a choice, they always choose >> the one with a bigger brand value. >> > > Service and support, yes; but warranty is not given by anyone. Read the EULA > carefully. So no accountability!
I'm not sure software warranty is 'not given by anyone'. Warranty is more related to hardware than software, if that's what you meant. But I just happened to read Microsoft Windows XP Home EULA[0] and they do give a 'limited' warranty for 90 days. [0] - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/eula/home.mspx - point no. 15 > > -- > *அகிலன்* (Akilan R) > (http://www.coding-aviator.blogspot.com) > *I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the > right to prefer hell.* > --Jean Rostand > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
