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On Tuesday 25 September 2007 12:54, Mark Jose wrote: > On Tuesday 25 September 2007 12:40, Rob Beard wrote: > > Quoting Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > I have just heard there is a US legal firm setting up a class action > > > against BA and Virgin for price fixing. They've already been convicted > > > so they're going for compensation for the victims. > > > Methinks it might be an interesting idea to get them (or someone else) > > > to do the same for microsoft! > > > Tom te tom te tom > > > > I can't remember where but someone was talking about a class action > > law suit against Microsoft because of their software not being up to > > scratch (I think the arguement was they are selling something that > > isn't fit for the purpose). > > > > Certainly seems like an idea. > > > > Rob > > Doesn't the licence state that they don't warrant their products as fit for > any specific purpose - rather like the GPL? No idea, I never use Microsoft > offerings myself, but I can't imagine they would have left a loophole like > that for someone to take them to court. > BA and Virgin are being sued for the overcharging. The same can apply to M$ - they have abused their monopoly so I want some of the extra money I had to spend on their product back. I want money back that I had to pay out to them for a PC when I didn't want their product on it. I want money back for the several billion tax payers money too much thats been spent on government IT projects. etc etc Tom te tom te tom > Mark -- 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