Mandrake Linux 9.2 and self-destructing CD-ROM drives [LWN.net]

Mandrake Linux 9.2 and self-destructing CD-ROM drives

Posted Oct 30, 2003 14:07 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
Parent article: Mandrake Linux 9.2 and self-destructing CD-ROM drives

I'd love to see the day when a hardware manufacturer will be sued (and convicted) for a bug like this...

Bye,NAR

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Mandrake Linux 9.2 and self-destructing CD-ROM drives

Posted Oct 30, 2003 14:57 UTC (Thu) by donwaugaman (subscriber, #4214) [Link]

As much as I enjoy indulging in schadenfreude at this kind of bogus hardware design, the regular process of returning bad equipment should result in these kinds of bozos either getting a clue quickly or going the way of the dodo in fairly short order, with little in the way of legal action necessary barring poor customer support practices. If a suit is necessary, it would probably end up going class-action given the low average selling price of CD-ROM drives these days.

(And, to be pedantic, in the USA you can't get a conviction in a lawsuit. Lawsuits are civil cases, convictions happen in criminal cases.)