[wplug] COLLABORATION AS DISTRIBUTED CAPITALISM?

[John Harrold]

Sometime in September bgtrio at yahoo.com assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| MS does offer some warranty protection, but it's very limited.  Pretty 
| sure you're right about no support out of the box though.
|
| Don't have it in front of me now though.

this is a pretty useful site
http://proprietary.clendons.co.nz/licenses/eula/

most of the warranty protection basically says that if the software doesn't
work we'll replace it or refund your money. if the software was free, like a
downloadable distro, this is implicit. the eulas pretty much absolve themselves
from all liability associated with their software malfunctioning:


http://proprietary.clendons.co.nz/licenses/eula/windowsxpprofessional-eula.htm

   Except for any refund elected by Microsoft, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY
   DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, if the Product
   does not meet Microsoft's Limited Warranty, and, to the maximum extent allowed
   by applicable law, even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose. 

where a remedy includes a refund,  and it continues ....

   Microsoft and its suppliers provide the Product and
   support services (if any) AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and
   hereby disclaim all other warranties and conditions, either
   express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited
   to, any (if any) implied warranties, duties or conditions

i really dont see anything in the warranty that would be provided to a company
that the company doesn't already get when they download something for free.

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