It seems that HP was a wee bit ticked at Microsoft over the Vista Capable program according to the latest batch of e-mails (Warning: PDF) that have been released in regards to this ongoing lawsuit. Here’s the Cribs Notes version. HP had been working towards having all of its hardware support Vista. That included not […]
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HP Ticked At Microsoft Over Vista Capable Program…. Ooops!
November 18, 2008Microsoft Feared It Would Lose “Mac vs. Vista” War In 2005…. Meaning They Saw This Coming
November 19, 2008I tripped over this article in ComputerWorld today that got my attention. The latest tidbits released in the Vista capable lawsuit shows that Microsoft was worried that it would end up on the wrong side of comparisons between the Mac and Vista over a year before Windows Vista’s release. An e-mail thread from October 2005 […]
Ballmer Ordered To Testify In Vista Capable Lawsuit…. Hope The Court Nails The Chairs To The Floor….
November 24, 2008This should be fun. According to the Seattle Times, US District Court Judge Marsha Pechman has ruled she wants Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to answer questions in the Vista Capable lawsuit. Specifically, she wants to hear what Ballmer said to Intel CEO Paul Otellini on January 30th, 2006. Because after that call, Microsoft changed to […]
Microsoft Made $1.5 Billion From “Vista Capable” PCs
January 5, 2009The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a claim from Keith Leffler who is an “expert” on the side of the plaintiffs in the Vista capable lawsuit that Microsoft made $1.5 billion from PCs that run only the most basic version of Vista, but were branded as “Vista Capable”: I have been asked by Plaintiffs’ counsel to estimate […]
Six Different Versions Of Windows 7? Didn’t Microsoft Learn Anything From The Last Time They Tried This? [UPDATED]
February 4, 2009According to an article on PCPro, Microsoft in its infinite wisdom has decided that the world needs six versions of Windows 7. You read that correctly, six different versions. The versions according to the article will be: Starter Edition: A lightweight version for netbook computers, that will only be capable of running three applications concurrently. […]
Vista Capable Lawsuit Loses Class Action Status…. Is It Game Over?
February 19, 2009For a change, Microsoft may have something to cheer about. The Vista Capable lawsuit that has been a thorn in Microsoft’s side for the last little while has lost its class action status. This means that individual customers who are ticked off at Microsoft over Vista will have to sue Microsoft individually. This is a […]
Angry Vista Users File To Make Vista Capable Lawsuit A Class Action Again
March 2, 2009Just when you thought Microsoft was going to catch a break, comes the news that the Plaintiffs in the Vista Capable lawsuit have filed to have it reinstated as a class action: Initially, the class included anyone who bought Windows Vista Capable PCs. Now plaintiffs are asking the judge to certify the class based on […]
New Dirt In “Vista Capable” Lawsuit Found…. It Truly Sucks To Be Microsoft Right Now…
November 14, 2008Some more internal e-mails relating the the “Vista Capable” lawsuit have hit the streets. These ones are good as it proves that Microsoft caved to Intel to allow Vista to run on computers that can’t run Vista well: “At the heart of Intel’s pressure was its 915 chipset, which was incapable of running Vista’s Aero […]
Microsoft Loses Appeal Of “Vista Capable” Lawsuit
April 23, 2008Let the embarrassing e-mails flow again! This article from ComputerWorld lets the world know that the US Ninth Circuit Court has shot Microsoft’s appeal out of the sky. According to the article, one of the things that Microsoft argued was: “In papers filed last month, Microsoft petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court to hear its challenge […]
Ballmer Uses “Sgt. Schultz” Defence In “Vista Capable” Lawsuit
October 6, 2008It’s been a while since I’ve discussed this, but this document (Warning: PDF) posted on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claims that he had no direct knowledge of the “Vista Capable” circus. He chooses instead to point the finger at two retired MS employees: “I was not involved in any of the […]
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