MicroWare Hosts a Web Site That Advertises Its Software Products,fea?tures

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Essay

MicroWare hosts a Web site that advertises its software products,fea?tures upgrades and "patches" for its existing software products,and ac?cepts orders for the products from consumers throughout the world.Mary,who owns and operates Business Records,Inc,,a small bookkeep?ing and payroll business in Colorado,orders from the Web site a copy of MicroWare's Office Books software.Office Books is designed to help ac?countants and bookkeepers keep accurate business records.When Office Books is found to have a defect in its calculating program,MicroWare of?fers a patch on its Web site to fix the problem.Mary has already lost sev?eral customers because of the miscalculating defect,however,and files a suit against MicroWare in a Colorado state court.Can the court exercise jurisdiction over MicroWare? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Online Applications

Software or services accessed via the internet, allowing users to perform specific functions or tasks in a web-based environment without downloading standalone software.

Utility Software

Software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer.

Animation Software

Computer programs used to create animated images and visual effects, utilized in film-making, video games, and other visual media.

Multimedia Software

Programs that include image-, video-, and audio-editing software, animation software, and other specialty software required to produce computer games, animations, and movies.