quote:Original post by Akura
1st, someone that sues a microwave company for not puttin in the manual not to put live animals inside a microwave and wins... DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?
someon broke your finger nail ? court with them ! its the practise over there k ? its the truth !
I will agree with you on one point - US courts often do seem fairly stupid from the point of view of an outsider.
quote:ever heard of OEM ? u put it in a new computer and its half the price u dont want it? u dont buy it, simple, then u want to buy it later, face teh consequences and pay more ! its not only with windows, its with almost every hardware k?
"Face the consequences"? I think that whole phrase sums it up. If I want to buy a stereo which plays most CDs, I have a choice. If I want to buy a car which runs on most roads, I have a choice. If I want to buy a computer which runs most software... ''face the consequences''. Nice.
People need computers in this day and age. Accessories should be optional and chosen by the buyer, not mandatory and forced upon the vendor (and hence the buyer).
As for "it''s with almost every hardware", what are you trying to say?
quote:lets see, windows comes with IE, but netscape works with windows, so if anyone wants to use netscape nothing stops them does it ?
Well actually, check the part in the Findings Of Fact which shows that MS deliberately tried to make Netscape run worse on Windows. Not to mention mountains of circumstantial evidence which shows that Netscape runs more stably without IE installed.
quote:if i make a car and supply my own radios for free, does it take the customer the option of buying the new blackpunt or sony or whatever radio ? no, it gives him the choice of something that is free and decent to something that it isnt or has to be bought separatly.
I could remove your free radio from my new car and replace it in under an hour. Removing Internet Explorer from windows is Not Allowed, apparently! That is the problem. As I stated above, I don''t mind IE coming free on the Windows CD. Although some would say this is still illegal bundling, I don''t think it matters as long as (a) There is no condition to be forced to install it, and (b) Vendors do not -have- to have it preinstalled on their systems in order to sell Windows.