Quad County Distributing Co. v. Burroughs Corp.

Plaintiff, Quad County Distributing Co., is a beer distributor and defendant, Burroughs Corp., manufactures computers and also sells computer programs. Plaintiff contracted to buy a computer from defendant and to buy the right to use programs developed by defendant for accounting reports. To perfect a program for plaintiff’s use defendant had to go through a “debugging” process in order to eliminate defects in a program. The first stage of debugging is done by applying hypothetical data to the program; when it appears that the defects have been removed, actual data is used to assure that all…