I am fairly sure you can't sue for MS for faulty software. Otherwise, they
would be out of business.
Anyway, their user base seems to include a lot of clueless people who would
likely never patch their machines, even if you warned them that it was an
important security issue.
Joel
> > >Sue Microsoft for negligence.
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> > >"But they issued patches for these exploits," you say.
> > >
> > >Yes, but they kept selling freshly pressed OS CD's that were still
> > >defective. I.e., they refused to recall and re-press product that
> > >they acknowledged (presumably this is where the lawyer would argue
> > >about "reasonable consumers" or some such) through patches and
> > >advisories was defective.
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> Can't really blame M$. If they issued a cd with all the bug fixes and security hole
>patches
> needed to make M$ safe an reliable, the thing would be as big as an old 33 1/3 vinyl
>record and
> wouldn't fit in the cd tray.
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