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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>Don't know how it goes by your side of the world, but on my
>side, there is no difference whether you rent or you buy the
>house.
If oyu buy a house you are responsable for the pluming, if you rent the landlord is, just as it is in @ your place.
The comparison is nice but you cannot compare a thief breaking
into a house with buggy and not correctly working software from Microsoft on wich the user cannot change the working of it (say: locks).
>Don't know how it goes by your side of the world, but on my
>side, there is no difference whether you rent or you buy the
>house.
If oyu buy a house you are responsable for the pluming, if you rent the landlord is, just as it is in @ your place.
The comparison is nice but you cannot compare a thief breaking
into a house with buggy and not correctly working software from Microsoft on wich the user cannot change the working of it (say: locks).