Alice de 'nonymous wrote..
What would you rather see? A company makes a beta release for people to attempt to break, fixes the bugs, and then releases a better product? Or would you rather see a company release a product, tell people it is secure, and then get bitten by numerous holes in it?
Well, I'm not sure that I'd want to make any representations or imply any warranties whatsoever.
Ahhh.... this sort of thinking really lets the user down. The reason Netscape (et. al) has market capitalisation is because they sell their product to us, the users. It is a bit of a worry if software authors can write and then release for sale "buggy" software, and hide safetly behind "I make no warranties etc." To adopt an analogy... would you be happy to buy a car from Toyota (or whoever) if they were allowed to hide behind a warranty disclaiming liability should it break down (or blow up)? Somewhere along the lines, those who make their money selling software should have to be responsible for bugs. Thoughts? Mark Neely ___ Mark Neely - accessnt@ozemail.com.au Lawyer, Professional Cynic Author: Australian Beginner's Guide to the Internet Work-in-Progress: Australian Business Guide to the Internet WWW: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~accessnt