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Apple is vile, but Microsoft is dangerous

Apple is vile, but Microsoft is dangerous

Posted Jan 13, 2008 1:02 UTC (Sun) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)
In reply to: Apple is vile, but Microsoft is dangerous by khim
Parent article: Why Microsoft Must Control One Laptop Per Child (Technocrat.net)

One would think that such "omnipotence" clauses (as I call them) would be legally unenforceable with an unconscionability defense. Or, at least I personally hope such clauses get snuffed out by the courts!

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IANAL, and I just learned that "unconscionability" is both (1) a legal term and (2) incorrectly reported as a misspelling by Firefox 2.0.0.11. :-)


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