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How do you define fitness for purpose it was sold for, if you buy a toaster then you use that for making toast, software on the other hand can be used for anything, a word processor to custom made software, if you ask too much of it sometimes that particular piece of software may fall over, and fail to perfom on that task, which is why I think this disclaimer is important, also why we have acronyms like Your Mileage May Vary, you can't predict what someone will use the software for, and therefore can't make promises regarding perfomance. Anti Virus software is good at it's job, but only if kept up todate, at somepoint, a virus will come out that it does not know about and that may get through, now if a user has clicked on en e-mail attachment and activated the virus, the software fails you can't go blame the anti virus vendor, same would go for filtering software, it can't filter every site out there, new sites appear all the time, so the software does the best job it can' but they need the disclaimer just in case something nasty gets through. at the end of the day shops are offer impartial advice, on software, the recommend a package based on what the user has said they want to use it for, MS works is great for homework, etc, you can type letters, reports etc etc, as you would expect, great until you need to export to MS word format for example but if you bought it for writing letters etc, then it perfoms that task. If you want to produce MS word documents you need MS word or openoffice Same goes for open office, yes it has a word export feature, but as we know it may not be 100% so don't blame them if you export your cv into word, and it looks bad when it hits the desk of the recruiter, (one of the reasons I export as pdf and send that, I can check the output). Windows NT + ISS can be used to serve webpages, it works, there are just problems with security, that does not mean it not fit for the purpose it was sold for, the user is then responsible for making sure the software is set up properly and securly. Paul >>>Free software (and most open source) comes with absolutely no warranty, >>>not even fitness for purpose. >>> >>> >>I suspect if you buy free software in the UK, it comes with a fitness >>for purpose guarantee from the seller, since the sale of goods act >>requires that goods must be fit for purpose. >> >> > >Not wanting to open a can of worms.. but buying free software ?? > > > >>In which case the situation is similar to buying proprietary software, >>since if you buy Microsoft Word from a High Street retailer they are the >>ones who must ensure it is fit for purpose, not Microsoft. >> >> > >You can't actually "buy" a copy of MS Word, just a license that >Microsoft can choose to revoke, at some point, for some reason.. > >Oddly enoughm when you purchase a license, you get a physical object, a >"certificate".. whoopie doo... I wonder if you were to try to contest >the fitness for purpose of a certificate how one would do such a thing.. > > >Neil Stone > >Systems Administrator >FlashTek UK > >- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >Version: 3.1 >GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ >o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G >e h--- r+++ y++++(**) >- -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFFglFMz3Av8JKgzxQRAj27AJ4r8XJtzkiMIuo5rN2ZFm15i+Z/eACfRjAi >5KU7k/ZEYAgrPQudWDPUWSo= >=ZpkS >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.openoffice.org http://www.linux.org -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html