Re: [Fwd: Windows 98 Class Action]

["John D. Thomas" <johnd@gw2kbbs.com>]

Isn't there something in the license that the software is not suitable
for any use?

JT

James Love wrote:
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> James Love
> Consumer Project on Technology
> P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
> love@cptech.org, http://www.cptech.org
> 202.387.8030, fax 202.234.5176
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> Subject: Windows 98 Class Action
> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:31:27 -0700
> From: "howardg" <howardg@email.msn.com>
> To: <love@tap.org>
> 
> Microsoft Corporation, bombarded in recent weeks by antitrust lawsuits, is
> having legal troubles of a different kind:  The operating system Windows 98
> doesn’t work, disgruntled users claim, and at least one such user is taking
> action.
> 
> Dag Hinrichs, 29, filed a breach-of-warranty and breach-of-contract class
> action Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of himself and
> others.  The suit seeks $65 million in damages.
> 
> Hinrichs said Windows 98 was billed as the operating system that “Works
> Better, Plays Better,” but he claims many users have complained of
> installation and operation problems.
> 
> “This case involves Microsoft’s deceptive and misleading marketing and sales
> of Windows 98 software that is unable to detect numerous Plug and Play
> devices,” the 27-page lawsuit begins.  Hinrichs v. Microsoft, BC194320.
> 
> [See related article in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Friday, July 17,
> 1998; PCWEEK Online, July 17, 1998 –
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0713/17eoem.html ; WIRED NEWS, July 21,
> 1998 - http://www.wired.com/news/politics/story/13864.html ]