It's the lawyers way of saying that fsck'ing your machine is a "feature" (among others) that you are NOT allowed to share.
Oh, and you have to pay for the next version of fsck'dom! On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Ammar Ibrahim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Every time a warranty is mentioned, it really gets me thinking and > ends up pissing me. What does it actually guarantee you? Does it > guarantee you that the software doesn't have bugs? I really don't get > it. I don't see the advantage, I don't even understand what it is. Can > someone explain please? > > - Ammar > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Penguin Computing > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From Al-Faisal Al-Dajani: > > > > >> Ask him to read the windows EULA, it clearly states that windows > comes with > > >> absolutely no warranty. > > > > Do you mean this part? : > > === > > 15. LIMITED WARRANTY FOR SOFTWARE ACQUIRED IN THE US AND CANADA. > > Microsoft warrants that the Software will perform substantially in > > accordance with the accompanying materials for a period of ninety (90) > > days from the date of receipt. If an implied warranty or condition is > > created by your state /jurisdiction and federal or state/provincial > > law prohibits disclaimer of it, you also have an implied warranty or > > condition, BUT ONLY AS TO DEFECTS DISCOVERED DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS > > LIMITED WARRANTY (NINETY DAYS). AS TO ANY DEFECTS DISCOVERED AFTER THE > > NINETY-DAY PERIOD, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. Some > > states/jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied > > warranty or condition lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to > > you. Any supplements or updates to the Software, including without > > limitation, any (if any) service packs or hot fixes provided to you > > after the expiration of the ninety day Limited Warranty period are not > > covered by any warranty or condition, express, implied or statutory. > > . > > . > > . > > === > > > > But, here I have a small question. > > It says: "LIMITED WARRANTY FOR SOFTWARE ACQUIRED IN THE US AND > > CANADA". Does this mean that this rule will only work if you bought > > your Windows copy from the U.S. or Canada, and that any copy of > > Windows that was bought in any place other than the U.S. or Canada, > > will not have 90 days of warranty? > > Or does it mean that copies bought from the U.S. or Canada have only > > 90 days of warranty, while copies bought from anywhere else in the > > world have a longer period? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Al-Faisal El-Dajani Phone: +962-7-79737050 P.O Box: 140056 11814 Amman, Jordan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
