Microsoft sued over flaw

Posted by tadelste on Dec 12, 2005 6:31 PM EDT
Asian Times; By Asia Pulse/Yonhap
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SEOUL - A South Korean lawyer on Monday sued Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, for allegedly hiding a software flaw.

Jang Young-ha, 47, filed the lawsuit against Microsoft with the Suwon District Court on charges of deception, accusing the US software giant of selling the flawed program for use in handheld electronic devices. In June, Jang bought Microsoft's Windows Small Business Server program and two servers for a total of 6 million won (US$5,802), according to the court statement.

When Jang downloaded personal data such as customers' birthdays and his schedules from the servers to his personal digital assistant, he found that the downloaded dates were always one day ahead of the original ones.

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