OT: Insurance companies set to destroy software industry?

[Crooked_Banker]

We don’t have many profitable, non-government supported industries left in this country, and the insurance lobby is about to destroy one of them. Apparently, the insurance lobby has been working quietly behind the scenes in order to require that all software must come with a warranty. This means that anyone who writes software is on the hook if it doesn’t work. Previously, software writers could disavow any warranties and basically sell software ‘as is’. The insurance/crooked-bankers lobby is trying to change that.

You can find more details in this article:

The implied warranty could create immense litigation for software vendors and could even make individual open source software contributors liable for defects in open source software code that is later distributed in a third-party commercial product. The Linux Foundation argues that there are too many grey areas about the scope of the warranty and what constitutes commercial distribution. This aspect of the Principles clearly conflicts with open source software licenses that disclaim warranties. The resulting fear of litigation could broadly deter companies, universities, and individuals from making their source code available.

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/microsoft-linux-foundation-hate-on-ali-contract-guidelines.ars

The reason the insurance lobby wants to require warranties is so that every software vendor will have to buy insurance for the software they sell. This is outrageous. These finance guys won’t rest until they’ve destroyed everything that makes this country worth living in.

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You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares.

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You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares.

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You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares.

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You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares.

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You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares.

[an]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]
It used to be fun bashing MSFT, but when’s the last time you’ve seen the BSOD and which Windows version were you running? Was it caused by Windows or was it caused by a driver or was it caused by the person sitting in front of the monitor? I personally haven’t seen one for ages and it was caused by faulty drivers. Actually, if you dig deeper, drivers were the main cause of a lot of the BSOD. So, this wouldn’t only affect the software industry but also the hardware industry as well.

[an]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]
It used to be fun bashing MSFT, but when’s the last time you’ve seen the BSOD and which Windows version were you running? Was it caused by Windows or was it caused by a driver or was it caused by the person sitting in front of the monitor? I personally haven’t seen one for ages and it was caused by faulty drivers. Actually, if you dig deeper, drivers were the main cause of a lot of the BSOD. So, this wouldn’t only affect the software industry but also the hardware industry as well.

[an]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]
It used to be fun bashing MSFT, but when’s the last time you’ve seen the BSOD and which Windows version were you running? Was it caused by Windows or was it caused by a driver or was it caused by the person sitting in front of the monitor? I personally haven’t seen one for ages and it was caused by faulty drivers. Actually, if you dig deeper, drivers were the main cause of a lot of the BSOD. So, this wouldn’t only affect the software industry but also the hardware industry as well.

[an]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]
It used to be fun bashing MSFT, but when’s the last time you’ve seen the BSOD and which Windows version were you running? Was it caused by Windows or was it caused by a driver or was it caused by the person sitting in front of the monitor? I personally haven’t seen one for ages and it was caused by faulty drivers. Actually, if you dig deeper, drivers were the main cause of a lot of the BSOD. So, this wouldn’t only affect the software industry but also the hardware industry as well.

[an]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]
It used to be fun bashing MSFT, but when’s the last time you’ve seen the BSOD and which Windows version were you running? Was it caused by Windows or was it caused by a driver or was it caused by the person sitting in front of the monitor? I personally haven’t seen one for ages and it was caused by faulty drivers. Actually, if you dig deeper, drivers were the main cause of a lot of the BSOD. So, this wouldn’t only affect the software industry but also the hardware industry as well.

[Crooked_Banker]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]

This has nothing to do with higher quality software. Microsoft and other non-government-supported software vendors will just be forced to buy massive insurance policies to protect themselves against the inevitable class action lawsuits to come.

This change in law is all about letting the government-supported insurance/banking companies take a slice of the profits from non-government-supported software vendors. Attorneys will likely also benefit. The losers will be people and companies who actually make things.

[Crooked_Banker]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]

This has nothing to do with higher quality software. Microsoft and other non-government-supported software vendors will just be forced to buy massive insurance policies to protect themselves against the inevitable class action lawsuits to come.

This change in law is all about letting the government-supported insurance/banking companies take a slice of the profits from non-government-supported software vendors. Attorneys will likely also benefit. The losers will be people and companies who actually make things.

[Crooked_Banker]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]

This has nothing to do with higher quality software. Microsoft and other non-government-supported software vendors will just be forced to buy massive insurance policies to protect themselves against the inevitable class action lawsuits to come.

This change in law is all about letting the government-supported insurance/banking companies take a slice of the profits from non-government-supported software vendors. Attorneys will likely also benefit. The losers will be people and companies who actually make things.

[Crooked_Banker]

[quote=equalizer]You mean Microsoft wont get to infect public with blue screens? I better buy more MSFT shares. [/quote]

This has nothing to do with higher quality software. Microsoft and other non-government-supported software vendors will just be forced to buy massive insurance policies to protect themselves against the inevitable class action lawsuits to come.

This change in law is all about letting the government-supported insurance/banking companies take a slice of the profits from non-government-supported software vendors. Attorneys will likely also benefit. The losers will be people and companies who actually make things.

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