Microsoft Faces Class-Action on Security Breaches
Friday, October 3, 2003 by Phoon | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Full Story at http://www.ntfs.org/comments.php?catid=1&id=8141
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Now come on... Let's see if I have this correct...
I've purchased DesktopX, now, let me see, if I ABUSE the intended funtionality of it, and it crashes my system I can now sue Stardock. Hmmm
Oh yeah, my house was broken into... someone put a screwdriver in the lock and twisted it, they gained access to my home and stole my computer. Wow, rather than target the thief, it will be so much easier for me to simply sue the manufacturer of my door lock wont it!!!
This is all getting asenine. If Linux, or other operating systems were as popular as Windows, they would be sitting in the same boat as MS. People just don't Target other OS's like they do windows, because they aren't as widely used.
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Reply #2 Friday, October 3, 2003 9:24 AM
Hum, in the US, you can pretty much sue anybody for any reason.
But sueing a OS company for security problems almost actually make sense. It happens in other industries. Car companies have been sued before because their cars weren't safe enough.
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Reply #7 Friday, October 3, 2003 12:24 PM
Question:
Say you bought a car, and it had a couple of issues with the door lock. Say many cars of the same model had been broken into because of the same flaw in the design of the lock.
Would it be imaginable that there would be a class cation lawsuit against the car company, or the lock company?
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Reply #9 Friday, October 3, 2003 12:30 PM
| Would it be imaginable that there would be a class cation lawsuit against the car company, or the lock company? |
...In the US it would be both...plus the keymaker and whoever forced me to put that key in the hole...
Reply #10 Friday, October 3, 2003 12:47 PM
| #7 by paxx - 10/3/2003 12:24:48 PM Question: Say you bought a car, and it had a couple of issues with the door lock. Say many cars of the same model had been broken into because of the same flaw in the design of the lock. Would it be imaginable that there would be a class cation lawsuit against the car company, or the lock company? |
Only if they were notified of the flaw and did nothing to correct it. As I understand, MS has tried its best to fix the vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, they usually don't know about them until somebody exploits them.
Also, a lot of these types of lawsuits are either thrown out of court, or settled out of court just to get over the hassle.
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Reply #14 Friday, October 3, 2003 5:05 PM
In America.....a bike company was sued for fitting a front brake which was too powerful/efficient and caused the cyclist to high-side. [he was just an idiot cyclist without a clue].
In America.....a bike company was sued for not providing lights on the bike as 'standard fitment' and a cyclist was killed at night without lights. It was deemed not to be the responsibility of the rider to determine that the use or fitment of lights would be necessary in the dark.
Just two little reasons why I think the legal system and coffin-chaser lawyers are the lowest 'profession' in the pecking order of 'lowest professions'....
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| and now that I've typed it out, I think they may have a point. My new 80 Gig drive is missing 1,920 Megs of space...... |
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Reply #1 Friday, October 3, 2003 8:45 AM