IANAL, but by signing the driver are they creating a duty to the user to ensure that driver doesn't cause problems? If so, wouldn't this conflict with portions of the license agreement? Otherwise, why sign the drivers at all? If signing isn't a guarantee, what is it?
Who do I sue when my new Snazzy-SCSI (tm) driver toasts my data or a NIC driver locks up a hosted server and the clients lose revenue? The driver writer can point their finger to MS (who signed it), and MS back to the driver. From my point of view, a signed driver is a guarantee.
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IANAL, but by signing the driver are they creating a duty to the user to ensure that driver doesn't cause problems? If so, wouldn't this conflict with portions of the license agreement? Otherwise, why sign the drivers at all? If signing isn't a guarantee, what is it? Who do I sue when my new Snazzy-SCSI (tm) driver toasts my data or a NIC driver locks up a hosted server and the clients lose revenue? The driver writer can point their finger to MS (who signed it), and MS back to the driver. From my point of view, a signed driver is a guarantee.