Good things to know about cable modems

[ron.peterson at yellowbank.com]

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 08:50:15PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 07:02 pm, John Chambers wrote:
> > Michael Webb wrote:
> > | Well then I would be a millionaire!!
> > |
> > | Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > | I wonder if Windows users can charge Microsoft for Vandalism each time
> > | they get a blue screen of death :-)
> > |
> > | On 3 Oct 2002 at 13:12, John Chambers wrote:
> > | > (If it's your own modem, I wonder how far you might get  if
> > | > you charge them with vandalism?  ;-)
> >
> > Probably not for a blue screen of death (BSD ;-).  But I've
> > been  wondering  about  the automatic network upgrades that
> > Microsoft has been, uh, encouraging people to use. It seems
> > to  me  that  it's only a matter of time until someone sues
> > for damages after such an unexpected upgrade  of  something
> > critical.  Of course, you'd be going up against a 500-pound
> > gorilla in court.  But if you're a giant corporation  whose
> > operations  have  just been brought to a standstill by such
> > an event, you might well consider suing for damages.
> 
> Nope.  The EULA precludes it.

That could very well be an aspect of such a lawsuit.  I think John has
pointed out what has to be an eventuality.  You can't simply modify the
operation of someone's machine without assuming any liability, EULA be
damned.

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