CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

Post by Beijinger » Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 6:42 PM UTC

borski wrote: post #73

Beijinger wrote: post #69

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"Any contract requires consideration" I am not a lawyer and I don't understand this phrase. But many legal systems require that a contract is at arm's length.

If you are assigning me some rights or an entire piece of IP, I must provide you with some consideration (monetary compensation) for that to be a valid contract. You cannot simply “gift” it to me. So I would, as part of the contract, hand over $1 or $20 to establish that I have skin in the game and have paid for this contract be valid. The consideration could be stock and other things, but it can’t be null.

Post by indigodaddy » Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 6:46 PM UTC

lenerdenator wrote: post #103

miohtama wrote: post #89

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Maybe their gift card list got hacked

I'd wonder if this was a hack. Seems like a decent attempt at phishing. Actually that'd be far better than if it were really Crowdstrike thinking $10 would resolve this.

Post by borski » Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 6:51 PM UTC

Beijinger wrote: post #131

borski wrote: post #73

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If you are assigning me some rights or an entire piece of IP, I must provide you with some consideration (monetary compensation) for that to be a valid contract. You cannot simply “gift” it to me. So I would, as part of the contract, hand over $1 or $20 to establish that I have skin in the game and have paid for this contract be valid. The consideration could be stock and other things, but it can’t be null.

At arm's length mean, it must be an adequate amount. For example, I can sell a 10 Million dollar home in most jurisdictions to you for 1 USD. While this contract may be valid, it may create tax liabilities because the tax authorities will say this was not a sale, this was a gift. As a counter example: In many jurisdictions, a work contract that specifically request lots of overtime or forbids working for a competitor…

Post by legitster » Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 7:03 PM UTC

evanelias wrote: post #129

legitster wrote: post #72

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It was later reduced to 4 cents, and later overturned. https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2022... All involved very split juries - so I think the low amount was kind of a compromise by the jury in each case.

Interesting to note the particular judge in that case: > jurors sent a note to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon stating “we are deadlocked. We are unable to come to a unanimous decision.” > Cannon encouraged them to continue deliberating.

Post by DougN7 » Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 8:05 PM UTC

redleggedfrog wrote: post #17

Huh, so, not only clueless at security, but also clueless at customer relations. Also, their commercials are stupid, so clueless at marketing. I find it funny that their name, CrowdStrike, sounds like an anti-personnel reaper drone. Now metaphorically fits.