• TwelveBaud (unregistered)

    Microsoft's EULAs only limit liability to $5 for non-purchased products. For purchased products, the liability is the purchase price of the product.

    "But, but, Windows XP ate my computer!!" "Okay, which one did you have?" "Home Upgrade?" "Okay, here's a hunnerd bux, now go away."

    Captcha: "doom" (That EULA had a "mutual arbitration" clause, where "mutual" means "whatever iD wants.")

  • foppy (unregistered) in reply to J
    J:
    iMalc:
    I've seen a movie or TV programme once where this guy has sex with a robot. Damn it was hot too, iirc!

    I believe it was "Cherry 2000" or something like that.

    Westworld is one movie but it's early 70s. There's another nagging my brain, it's recent I remember him sitting in his leather chair and...ah maybe it was Minority Report with the holographic stuff..

    captcha: GYGAX! I must made my saving throw

  • XML H8R (unregistered) in reply to Michael
    Michael:
    In Microsoft's defense, 5 bucks is more than most companies guarantee. :D

    Hmmm....tastey indeed. Just got done with McDs breakfast.

    Microsoft doesn't guarantee it, they just limit it to that.

  • Kluge Doctor (unregistered)

    Once you go bot, you'll find nothing as hot.

  • AdT (unregistered)

    The real WTF is that people are still using JPEG for screenshots. The text in the first two shots exhibits a ghastly blur.

    Well, I guess it's better than the .DOC screenshot a cow orker send me some days ago.

  • AdT (unregistered) in reply to AdT

    Yes, I mispelt "sent". Mea maxima culpa!

    (cow orker OTOH is correct...)

  • Duhnonymous (unregistered)

    If you really must know:

    http://www.imdb.com/keyword/robot/sex-with-robot/

  • Chuck (unregistered) in reply to Zygo

    I'm with you on the terminology, but MS isn't even the worst. Have you ever tried to follow anything written by IBM? They would call it a NRNEO, (non-reflecting, non-emitting object).

  • Synonymous Awkward (unregistered) in reply to Michael
    Michael:
    Hmmm....tastey indeed. Just got done with McDs breakfast.
    Oh, the captchaites have started selling advertising space now? I suppose if you're going to mindlessly parrot stuff, you might as well get paid for it.
  • ro (unregistered) in reply to AdT

    I guess that guy is the only person who read that

  • JL (unregistered) in reply to Xangis

    Microsoft has had this clause in various EULAs for years, and I'm pretty sure I've seen it in EULAs from other companies.

    The best part is the "this may not apply to you" bit. In other words: "If we owe you anything, it's not more than $5, unless that turns out to be illegal, in which case ignore what we just said."

  • Kuba (unregistered) in reply to joe.edwards
    If the software is found to cause damage to all computers installed to, and it's installed on, say, 10 million computers, Microsoft could be out $50,000,000 in a class action lawsuit. I'd say that's a fairly generous risk to enter into.

    ROTFL. Generous risk. Did they hire you?

    For MS, throwing away 50E6 USD is equal to fixing a rounding bug in their accounting software. A bug that was present for, oh, 30 days.

  • Permanent Resident (unregistered) in reply to Kuba

    The US Constitution states (9th Amendment) that:

    In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

    In all likelihood, Microsoft is simply attempting to prevent ridiculous legal fees for trivial lawsuits, where the fees would far exceed the damages.

  • Matt (unregistered)

    I remember when I installed the Windows 7 RC that I read the EULA and there they also would be liable for up to $5

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