Re: LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MS FOR THE VirtualPC 7 - 2GB+ RAM ISSUE?

From: Bill Leeper (wleeper_at_actionnet.net)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:47:55 -0700

William Smith wrote:
> In article <3842ded5.0410201745.6a88d130@posting.google.com>,
> bhayes@webassembly.net (Scooter) wrote:
>
>
>
>>I lost a lot of work. It will have to be done over. I already billed
>>for those hours. The hours I spend rebuilding are lost hours - it
>>isn't my customers' fault that Microsoft knowingly released a
>>defective product.
>
>
> While I sympathize with your lost work and time, many other things as
> well can cause data loss. If your drive had failed would you want to sue
> Apple? If a power surge fried your machine would you want to sue the
> electric company?
>
> You'd probably have a case if Microsoft did knowingly publish software
> they knew could destroy data, but the burden would be on you to show
> intent or negligence on their part.
>
> Apart from this, failure to protect your important data with backups can
> be seen as negligence on your part. Backup maintenance is a bother to
> implement sometimes but it's necessary whether you're in the right or
> the wrong of a situation.
>
> bill

I learned many years ago that when dealing with MS software backups are
essential. I cloned my primary drive prior to installing VPC7 and am
glad I did because I had to use it to recover my system.

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