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> One would think that the lawyers would have a field day with
> something so obvious. It should be the mother of all class
> action lawsuits, even bigger than asbestos, but nobody seems to
> be suing. Where's the outrage, Ron?

Maybe the lawyers don't want to risk antagonizing
the source of most of their office automation.

Maybe there IS some value in those "This software
is not guaranteed to do or not do anything" licenses.
(Value to the vendor, that is.)

--
Wes Groleau
http://AFATDS/~wwgrol
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau/Wes

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