19 Jul
2005
19 Jul
'05
3:30 p.m.
a colleague of mine is in the process of buying a netapp, but is a little off-put by the part of the purchase agreement that says:
[...]
If a Product becomes, or in NetApp's opinion is likely to become, the subject of an infringement claim, NetApp may, at its option:-
buy back the Product by paying the Customer that Product?s reasonable depreciated value.
[...]
he feels that building an important piece of company infrastructure on a device which can be repossessed by the vendor after purchase is complete might be a bit of a CLM (career-limiting move).
has anyone else noticed this in the purchase agreement? does it worry anyone? what's the big idea?
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Tom Yates - http://www.teaparty.net