Microsoft Sued for 'Massive, Cascading Failures'

A lot of people say MS should be held financially responsible for security vulnerabilities in Windows. Meanwhile, whenever a security vulnerability in UNIX/Linux systems is reported, the usual response is "well, of course no operating system can be completely secure.

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Software makers usually are not held liable for product flaws, because users must agree to licensing contracts that protect makers from liability.

But this suit takes a novel approach. It claims that Microsoft software, with a greater than 90-percent market share, is so dominant that there is little choice but to use it. Because of Windows' ubiquity, argues Hamilton's attorney, Dana B. Taschner, Microsoft cannot avoid responsibility.

Taschner, based on Newport Beach, California, specializes in plaintiff law and is a member of the America Bar Association's E-Privacy Committee.

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