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On Tuesday 25 September 2007 12:40, Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > I have just heard there is a US legal firm setting up a class action > > against BA and Virgin for price fixing. They've already been convicted so > > they're going for compensation for the victims. > > Methinks it might be an interesting idea to get them (or someone else) to > > do the same for microsoft! > > Tom te tom te tom > > I can't remember where but someone was talking about a class action > law suit against Microsoft because of their software not being up to > scratch (I think the arguement was they are selling something that > isn't fit for the purpose). > > Certainly seems like an idea. > > Rob Doesn't the licence state that they don't warrant their products as fit for any specific purpose - rather like the GPL? No idea, I never use Microsoft offerings myself, but I can't imagine they would have left a loophole like that for someone to take them to court. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html