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bachelor in business administration
Polytechnic State University Sanluis
Jan-2006 - Nov-2010
CPA
Polytechnic State University
Jan-2012 - Nov-2016
Professor
Harvard Square Academy (HS2)
Mar-2012 - Present
Shouldn’t Protection Be Included?
The Uniform Commercial Code, which governs business in every state except Louisiana, covers the implied warranty of merchantability. This warranty’s basic premise is that a company selling goods guarantees that their products will do what they are designed to do (i.e., a car will transport you from place to place) and that there are no significant defects in the product. But computers are routinely sold with only trial versions of antimalware software.
a. Does the failure of OS manufacturers to include antimalware tools constitute a breach of the implied warranty of merchantability? Why or why not? Microsoft does have an antimalware product (Security Essentials), but it requires a separate download. Should Microsoft be required to include Security Essentials as part of the Windows product?
b. Computer hardware manufacturers don’t make OS software, but they sell computers that would be unusable without an OS. What responsibility do they have in regard to providing antimalware protection to their customers?
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