Micahel, I think class action is a less effective approach here. Micr0$0ft has vast resources ready to take on any large single lawsuit and make it a very expensive and resource intensive process for their opposition. On the other hand, with a low (around $25 last I looked) filing fee and virtually no other real costs involved, and, and expidited calendar (usually around 2-6 months from filing to hearing), the small claims process looks much more attractive as a method for dealing with this. Think about Micr0$0ft trying to fight off thousands or better millions of small claims cases all over the country. Even if Micr0$0ft wins every one, they lose. Owen --On Monday, September 29, 2003 5:48 PM +0100 Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
It reminds me of the Netgear and U of Wisconsin time server SNAFU. http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/
The difference is that Netgear admitted responsibility and worked with UW to cope with the issue. Further, Netgear has funded UW in it's cleanup efforts and generally stepped up to the plate. As much as I don't care for Netgear's products, they did show decent corporate responsibility when UW was able to escalate to the appropriate management at Netgear.
Sounds like a great example to put before the judge when you sue Microsoft. Can anyone say "class action"?
--Michael Dillon