Could TN have sued?

[pinkeggs]

Since their third party vendor fucked up the boards so much, causing us to all leave and therefore threatening ad revenue, could they in theory sue the vendor?

Probably a dumb question, but something I wondered...

[mudslide]

Sued who?

[speckledfrog]

I don't think so, as it was TK/TN that asked for the terrible changes.

If it were just a delay (the vendor's fault) things may have played out differently. As it was, we knew the new site was going to be terrible, as they had already changed the local boards and saw a bit of an exodus there. but the straw that broke the camel's back was BumpKathleen chastising us for seeking temporary refuge on the pampers board.

[pinkeggs]

Jul 25, 2012 21:08:35 GMT -5 @smace said:

Can the bump sue their third party vendor for loss of revenue. That is what I think she is talking about, yes?

Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for clarifying

Thanks for the answers - I didn't think so, but was curious.

[kellbell191]

You cant sue someone else for your shitty business decision making.

[drrn04]

I would think you couldn't sue someone for giving you a terrible product, and then you deciding to continue using said product, revenue loss or not. But maybe if TN was somehow bound by a contract to the middle school Intro to Programming class they obviously hired for a certain period of time, and during that time the product was so poor that they lost substantial revenue, they would have some grounds for a suit.

I've attended 0 days of law school, so take that with a giant grain of salt. Or maybe a salt lick.

[OHMBLEEGOHHHHH!]

I volunteer to be a witness for the defense. I WILL RECAP MY RECAP.

[drrn04]

Jul 25, 2012 21:39:05 GMT -5 OHMBLEEGOHHHHH! said:

I volunteer to be a witness for the defense. I WILL RECAP MY RECAP.

I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!

[vicky]

Jul 25, 2012 21:47:19 GMT -5 @drrn04 said:

Jul 25, 2012 21:39:05 GMT -5 OHMBLEEGOHHHHH! said:

I volunteer to be a witness for the defense. I WILL RECAP MY RECAP.

I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!

Yasssss

[speckledfrog]

I'm envisioning them having to read the exchanges that went on as they are being entered into evidence.

” Now Kathleen, how did the members react to your post? Can you read this highlighted section here?”

” Blow me where the pampers are”

[kcr1972]

If the vendors were smart at all they had the nest sign a releasing them from liability. Almost all developers require it before using their code. They can not guarantee your server can run the scripting, handle the server load etc.

[mudslide]

Jul 25, 2012 22:01:56 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

I'm envisioning them having to read the exchanges that went on as they are being entered into evidence.

” Now Kathleen, how did the members react to your post? Can you read this highlighted section here?”

” Blow me where the pampers are”

ROFL!!!!

[nsl]

Jul 25, 2012 22:01:56 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

I'm envisioning them having to read the exchanges that went on as they are being entered into evidence.

” Now Kathleen, how did the members react to your post? Can you read this highlighted section here?”

” Blow me where the pampers are”

:-(

Seriously, H just asked me what was so funny because I was choking from laughing so hard.

[WOT?*]

Actually, yes they CAN sue. You can sue anybody for anything. And anyone can find a lousy lawyer out for a buck and to make a name for him/herself no matter the merit of the claim. There have been some doozies filed. Now, whether they'd win is a whole other story.

<3 to speckledfrog.

[Deleted]

This is an interesting question. At present, the law does not recognize a tort for negligent software design so they would have to sue on the contract. Does the contract set forth a certain standard of care? Hard to say without reading it. In any event, it is likely the developer limited liability for consequential damages (our mass defection) and it will be nearly impossible for the Knot to prove we left because of the software and not Bump Kathleen and poor customer service generally. We probably will never know because it will be arbitrated. I'd say the software developer is likely not going to get paid under the duration of the contract but I'd bet that's it.

And I too volunteer as tribute. I even volunteer as defense counsel for that poor junior programmer who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the wall.

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Jul 25, 2012 21:27:29 GMT -5 kellbell191 said:

You cant sue someone else for your shitty business decision making.

:Y: haha

[nahoku]

Blow me where the pampers are never fails to make me laugh. LOFL at the visual I had in my head of that courtroom scene.

[nahoku]

I keep coming back and laughing at speckled's comment.