Microsoft Will Pay If Its Bugs Damage Your Data

RMX writes "CNet is reporting on a new Microsoft policy where they will pay if their software damages your data . There's a pretty low limit on what they will cover and "it also applies even if Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages" but at least it's nice that they're specifying exactly to what length they'll go to cover their customers. Is this the "support" from proprietary vendors that corporations like so much?"

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Re:WOW!!!!!

[Tony B Liar]

can my employer claim it on my behalf every time something goes wrong on *shared* pc, or is it payable to every username? Ill run a machine so the whole wolrd can fuck up their user accounts on my public box via macroshaft should I have the ability to fine them for each user..... meanwhile Iv just retired ;)

Your sig: Niger/Nigeria [OT]

[ThreeDayMonk]

You write in your sig, "Remember the Nigerian yellowcake?"

As a matter of fact, I don't. If, as seems likely, you are talking about the yellowcake uranium ore that Iraq was alleged to have attempted to obtain, then the country in question is Niger, not Nigeria.

The two countries' respective adjective forms are:
Nigeria => Nigerian
Niger => Nigerien

Now, I know that the names look similar (although the pronunciation is different), the countries are neighbours, and they are named after the same river, but it's an important factual distinction.