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Re: Ballmer's Latest FUD

  • Subject: Re: Ballmer's Latest FUD
  • From: "billwg" <billw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:11:35 GMT
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com
  • References: <e097tf$70j$2@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk> <MPYVf.80237$_c.31376@tornado.tampabay.rr.com> <pan.2006.03.27.21.53.30.885036@gmail.com>
  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1095737
"Kelsey Bjarnason" <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:pan.2006.03.27.21.53.30.885036@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [snips]
>
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:30:20 +0000, billwg wrote:
>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:e097tf$70j$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> |
>>> | That's pure FUD. Of course if you have an IBM contract, IBM is 
>>> going
>>> to
>>> | take responsibility for making things right.
>>
>> Let's see now:  Regarding linux ..."IBM licenses the patches to you 
>> on
>> an "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind. IBM hereby expressly
>> disclaims all warranties or conditions, either express or implied,
>> including, but not limited to, the implied warranties or conditions 
>> of
>> merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
>
> In short, it reads pretty much *exactly* like a standard MS warranty; 
> you
> can pay for it, you can use it, but if something doesn't work or 
> breaks,
> don't call us.
>
> Thing is, that's true of the entire industry; nothing new there. 
> This,
> however, is not the same as purchasing a support contract, where you 
> are,
> in fact, paying for *exactly* those things.  They're just not included 
> in
> the base price of the product.
>
> Sorry, did you have a point?
>
>
Yes.  Roy's silly statement:  "That's pure FUD. Of course if you have an 
IBM contract, IBM is going to take responsibility for making things 
right." is a lie.



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