busted
http://dlweinreb.wordpress.com/2007/11/1…
…There’s an interesting article in InformationWeek… Microsoft’s Bill Hilf … says “When people buy commercial software, really what they’re buying is a guarantee. You’re buying a guarantee that… if things go really bad someone’s liable …
Is that so? Look at the end-user license agreement for Windows Server, for example: “LIMITATION ON AND EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES. You can recover from Microsoft and its suppliers only direct damages up to the amount you paid for the software. You cannot recover any other damages, including consequential, lost profits, special, indirect or incidental damages.”…
Zing!
November 20th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Heh. After the first paragraph I was expecting to see this link:
http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/Finally,-a-Software-Guarantee.aspx
November 25th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Beautifully clean disambiguation here.