@glyph @filippo @0xabad1dea @tribut anyway we're all for the basic idea but don't underestimate the lengths corporations will go to on a matter of principle, when the principle is "we're not responsible for anything"

@glyph @filippo @0xabad1dea @tribut sorry - not Office, just Word. we're pretty sure it was sold as individual program back then.

@glyph @filippo @0xabad1dea @tribut in our childhood, we witnessed several purchases of early versions of Microsoft Office which did involve doing exactly that (it was before the lawsuits that established the current clickwrap doctine were fully resolved)

@glyph @filippo @0xabad1dea @tribut then, we agree on that part (and we don't feel that we've figured out much beyond that)

@filippo @glyph @0xabad1dea @tribut at the moment there's no liability at all for most software failures. that's that whole thing about "no warranty, not even the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose." if clickthrough agreements are taken at face value, nobody even has a remedy if a program turns out to be something completely different from what was advertised.