Comments on: Who Do I Sue? http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/ Wherein I write some stuff that you may like to read. Or not, its up to you really. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Closson http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Kevin Closson Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:55:24 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/#comment-2613 I'm not sure the closed versus open source argument is about renumeration in the event of some sort of loss, but you are right, there seem to be a lot of people that still use that old ruse as their motivation. Good blog post BTW. I’m not sure the closed versus open source argument is about renumeration in the event of some sort of loss, but you are right, there seem to be a lot of people that still use that old ruse as their motivation. Good blog post BTW.

]]> By: Noons http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Noons Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:25:20 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/#comment-1681 and the funny thing of course is that the Microslop EULA has said essentially the same since Windows 95. Did that stop any of these "legal genius" managers from making it the standard corporate desktop by default? Nope... and the funny thing of course is that the Microslop EULA has said essentially the same since Windows 95.
Did that stop any of these “legal genius” managers from making it the standard corporate desktop by default?

Nope…

]]> By: Alan Green http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 Alan Green Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:25:56 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/#comment-1561 I just had lunch with a bloke whose boss also has an inability to read email. Must be catching. I just had lunch with a bloke whose boss also has an inability to read email. Must be catching.

]]> By: Andy Baker http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Andy Baker Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:25:02 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/#comment-1542 Could you not ask them rhetorically how Google, Amazon (insert list of billion dollar open-source based companies) cope with the dilemma? Or ask them who has ever succesfully sued (insert major proprietary vendor) for software deficiencies? Could you not ask them rhetorically how Google, Amazon (insert list of billion dollar open-source based companies) cope with the dilemma? Or ask them who has ever succesfully sued (insert major proprietary vendor) for software deficiencies?

]]> By: Andy Todd http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Andy Todd Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:18:46 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/#comment-1540 Thanks for the heads up Paul, links are now fixed. Thanks for the heads up Paul, links are now fixed.

]]> By: Paul Boddie http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Paul Boddie Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:06:53 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/11/27/who-do-i-sue/#comment-1539 You might want to fix the links in the posting. But yes, it's absurd that people won't use Free (or open source) Software because there's no-one to ask for help, shout at, or sue. And try getting Oracle or Sun to give decent support when it turns out that they don't have anyone in the country qualified to handle support requests on their wonderful stuff, funnelling all such requests via some contact person and having resolutions (typically, with Oracle it's "try the new-but-incompatible version 13.4.7.8.16") delivered in a matter of weeks. You might want to fix the links in the posting. But yes, it’s absurd that people won’t use Free (or open source) Software because there’s no-one to ask for help, shout at, or sue. And try getting Oracle or Sun to give decent support when it turns out that they don’t have anyone in the country qualified to handle support requests on their wonderful stuff, funnelling all such requests via some contact person and having resolutions (typically, with Oracle it’s “try the new-but-incompatible version 13.4.7.8.16″) delivered in a matter of weeks.

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