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Old 11-19-2009, 06:23 PM   #264
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Yes, significant changes are covered. However, when I mention significant changes I also mention they must be ones not done by an authorised or at least qualified person in order for them to not be covered. I use the example of making significant changes to a car yourself....
Bleh, we are not getting anywhere.... It doesn't matter who did the modification. What matters is, did the manufacturer show, that modification caused the failure.

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... We are not talking about warranties and so the Magnuson-Moss Act doesn't even apply....
Yey! You got it

But then, EULAs are mostly there to scare the sheep, and to provide some bootstrapping opportunities for the provider in a lawsuit. I bet they even specified the venue MS wants somewhere in this particular EULA....

Have a beer, and never, ever, ever mod anything.

Oh, and keep a length of rope handy, you never know what's in the next EULA you agree to....

Cheers!
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