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Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.



on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 12:43:17PM -0500, John Hasler (john@dhh.gt.org) wrote:
> Dave Sherohman writes:
> > According to the Microsoft EULA, they could put code into the
> > startup routines of any of their software that causes it to break
> > into the Pentagon's computers, search out the nuclear launch codes,
> > and blow up the planet while displaying the splash screen and it
> > wouldn't be Microsoft's fault when the bombs fell.
> 
> The EULA only protects Microsoft against suits brought by people who
> have agreed to it for damage done to them by software licensed to them
> under it.

...e.g.:  third parties harmed by defects in MSFT software aren't bound by
it, and might have grounds and basis for a suit.

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