On 23/12/03 11:41 am, "Annamalai Gurusami" annamalai.gurusami@email.masconit.com wrote:
Chandrashekhar Mullaparthi chandrashekhar.mullaparthi@t-mobile.co.uk writes:
This is what I find surprising about commercial software. All hardware comes with a warranty which covers manufacturing defects for a certain period of time. And invariably a replacement is offered if a certain unit turns out to be defective. And in cases of design defects which are a health hazard to customers, the product is recalled and the customers possibly refunded.
Well, when you purchase a book, what kind of warranty do you get? Same with a software too! :-D
Well, I dont agree with the analogy. A book is for learning about something. Usually, software is a tool/utility.
Like Ramanraj said in a message previously, if a book is crap, the author wont sell anymore and that is the end of his/her career as an author. The same cant be said of big corporations which make crap commercial software.
Chandru