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To: rudedog who wrote (44500)	5/8/2000 10:47:00 AM
From: Michael Do	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

>So I doubt that MSFT has any more liability than anyone else in the food chain. < If MSFT is liable for the virus attacked then SUNW will be liable for the Denial of Service attacked earlier of the year. Millions of auctioners on Ebay, Amazon, and Yahoo alone can file class-action law suite against SUNW/ORCL because their hardware/software failed during the attacked and sustain billions (including pain and suffering clause) in damage. Also since SUNW/ORCL knew about their incapabilities of their system but did nothing about it so it got to be they are negligent so the punitive damage should be imposed to 500 billions dollars between those 2. BTW, Scott McNealy and Larry Ellison should be put in jail for life w/o chance of parole for putting the defective product out there. Any law firms out there take this case?? I want to sign up as the plantiff:-) Mike

To: rudedog who wrote (44500)	5/8/2000 5:49:00 PM
From: energy_investor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Actually, rudedog, I was postulating that if there is a particularly dangerous product on the market, the lawyers will be looking to <g> help the poor abused public. As far as viruses on other systems are concerned, clearly they are all at risk. However, what scares me, as a long time user of MSFT products, is the apparent ease by which MSFT can be used as the vector. IMHO MSFT IS selling dangerous products. Perhaps they should innovate some safety into them. JMHO