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Greg Stigers <[log in to unmask]>
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Greg Stigers <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:56:58 -0500
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"Tom Brandt" wrote:
> It's really getting bad when you have to disclaim your disclaimer.

First, email disclaimers have no legal standing. There use are the business
equivalent of urban legends. And disclaimer contents frequently seem
ridiculous. Take, for instance, from
http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html:
GOOGLE AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SECURITY,
RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE GOOGLE SERVICES.

I assume Google does not in fact positively assert that they are insecure,
unreliable, out of date, and slow to boot. If so, why was Microsoft
interested in buying them?

All that aside, I think that the sigs at best should contain a URL to the
disclaimer, preferably something both obvious and standard such as
http://www.company.com/disclaimer. or perhaps /asifanyonecares.

Greg Stigers

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