Yes, this would be great to have an idea of the real cause (if FreeDOS might be
concerned) and hopefully find a solution. But not being a dev myself, and none
of the people I know with the same problem, we really don't know how to find
out, either the cause or a solution.
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:36:07 -0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FW: FreeDOS compatibility issue according to
Asus
Hmmm.Perhaps we can figure out WHY this problem happened in the first place?I
am actually curious to know how our OS is messing up ASUS anyway. (And in
regards to this comment "our devel folks are not employees",I was not even
thinking anywhere near that line.I was simply saying we should begin working on
a project like that.).
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Rugxulo <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Teddy T. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> We'd just like an "official" confirmation if FreeDOS can really cause this
> kind of problem, and if not then we'll use it against Asus in a trial, and
> prevent Asus from sueing FreeDOS.
I'm no lawyer, and I'll admit to not fully understanding the problem
here, but it's somewhat unlikely (as always) that Asus is at fault
here, and even more unlikely that you can prove it. Unless they
(directly and intentionally) gave you false information or non-working
hardware/software, then you probably don't have a case.
If these machines weren't custom-ordered, and you didn't have an
explicit contract mentioning that you needed this specific
functionality working, then someone will probably say: "Caveat
emptor." (They will probably say you should've researched your needs
better.) Unless you were told that missing or buggy functionality
worked without any problems or that it would fulfill your needs,
you're probably just going to be ignored or given a (partial rebate)
coupon or some other trifle. How much damage are we talking about
here? How many machines are affected that you (and yours) personally
purchased? How badly do you need this working (e.g. for earning your
livelihood)?
I'm somewhat naive, so I'm surprised that literally anybody
(commercially) uses FreeDOS for anything. Not that it can't do stuff,
of course, but most people (exclusively) use Windows or (not rarely
but much less often) Linux. If your machines were meant to run these
modern OSes exclusively (and, more importantly, still fully work under
those OSes), it's probably more than enough to fulfill the purchase.
Seriously, unless you custom-ordered these or were given explicit
instructions otherwise, I don't think you have much of a case. You may
have to just chalk it up to experience and move on.
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