I am writing to comment on the proposed Article 2B, an extension of the Uniform Commercial Code. Foremost, as a home consumer of computer products and software, I find this proposed legislation insulting. In addition, my employment involves maintaining computers, software, and a network environment. This is already a complex task.
Software is a manufactured product, as is an automobile or a pharmaceutical drug.
Like companies that produce these products, software developers and manufacturers should be held accountable for gross and known flaws. Please do what is fair to the users of the software, and provide a law that is sensible for all parties involved. This means not including anticriticism clauses that prohibit consumers from criticizing a vendor's product, and holding vendors responsible for viruses that are incorporated into their software.