[dayglored]

> I suppose buried somewhere in the software agreement is a clause absolving Microsoft of any such liability. But to deliberately ignore a known flaw, I don’t know if such a clause would hold water.

Well, from the article:

The document also explains that it rates bugs on a five-step scale - Critical, Important, Moderate, Low, and None – and that Microsoft only fixes Critical and Important flaws.

[Leaning Right]

Hmm...so what happens when a known, but ignored, “Moderate” flaw causes some consumer a large financial loss? It would seem to me that the consumer should be able to sue Microsoft for negligence.