Re: [hobbit] Xymon Logo ?

["Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

I can tell you that I read a story about someone reading a EULA, AUP, etc
agreement with a clause that read "If you are the first to call xxx-xxx-xxxx
you will get a free $300 since you took the time to read this".  Turns out
the company honestly gave out $300.

Since then I anticipate it hasn't been done, though =)

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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Henrik Størner <henrik (at) hswn.dk> wrote:

> In <997a524e0811101043u13b3247fxc636096c7a74c8a4 (at) mail.gmail.com> "Ralph
> Mitchell" <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com> writes:
>
> >I think there's a certain amount of "who can we sue if it breaks"
> >mentality.  If a company contracts to pay $$$$ for a product, that gives
> >them a big stick to beat the supplier with in the event that something
> goes
> >wrong, to either fix the product or get their money back.  If the product
> is
> >free, worked on by a couple of guys in their spare time, there's no
> contract
> >and no comeback if it breaks.
>
>
> Hey, I'll give people their money back if they're not satisfied! All
> $0.00 of it!
>
>
> The funny thing about this argument is
>
> a) all software licenses I've seen have enough disclaimers in them that
>   any lawyer would have no problem fending off a lawsuit. So the
>   "we'll sue you if this doesn't get fixed" threat is meaningless.
>   (Can anyone point to a succesful lawsuit where a software vendor
>   had to pay for deficiencies in their product? I don't know of any).
>
> b) the free software either pays off immediately, or it is junked. If
>   it pays off you win; if not, you've lost nothing but a couple of
>   days work by your techs - no big loss.
>
>
> The economics seem simple enough to me. Maybe that's why I'm a techie, not
> a manager :-)
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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