Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 13:53:47 06/18/03
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On June 18, 2003 at 15:53:35, Darren Rushton wrote: >On June 18, 2003 at 15:17:18, Alex wrote: > >>Apparantly the Deep Junior issue is getting ..........ugly........ Alex. > >Note these points in UK law > >The main statutes that cover your rights when shopping or buying a service are >The Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (as >amended). > >1.)The law says that goods must be of 'satisfactory quality' - goods must be >free from defects except when they have been brought to your attention. > >2.)They must be 'fit for their purpose' - this includes if the seller assures >you they are capable of performing the way you describe you want them to. > >3.) They must be 'as described' - if you buy a product that has a label stating >the product is 100% fat free, then that is what you should get. These are indeed very powerful ... but I wonder if anyone has bothered to test them against software? On a literal interpretation, everything would fail as there is no such thing as perfect software; all software is released with (known and unknown) bugs. However, the usual criterion for not fixing known bugs is: - no effect on user or data; - fixing would have unpredictable effects on other parts of the software; - the effort expended on fixing would be better spent elsewhere. I did have one run-in regarding software, which eventually failed on the absurd grounds that a CD-ROM cover was not considered to be advertising (so what is it?) Alastair
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