Linked by John O'Sullivan on Tue 7th Oct 2003 18:42 UTC
Microsoft has a little liability problem called Windows. Many are no doubt aware of a would-be class-action lawsuit launched last week in California. The suit targets Microsoft over security problems. The plaintiff is a woman who had her identity stolen. Details are
here. (NYTimes, free registration required)
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I guess with all the above responses it pretty much is loose/loose for everyone but the lawyer and the plaintiff. One thing that does bother me is whenever it finally does happen in a Linux machine, I guess you would ultimately be sueing the GPL...not for money, but to have it dismissed, (for reasons, see many responses above). I guess??
There's just potentially too much to loose for anyone involved in any way, shape or form with this.