The 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 the amount of revenue earned by Microsoft from the licensing of Windows XP on Vista Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs sold to Plaintiffs. In Microsoft’s Supplemental Responses it estimates that it received revenue of [redacted] from Windows XP licenses on upgradeable PCs sold in the U.S. during the April 2006 through January 2007 period. From the estimates of Windows Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs compared to all upgradeable PCs as in Table 1, I estimate that [redacted] of the [redacted] from Windows XP licenses on upgradable PCs were for XP licenses on Vista Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs — those PCs purchased by the Plaintiff class. From these figures, I have, therefore reached the opinion that Microsoft revenue from the Windows XP licensing on Vista Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs sold to Plaintiffs was $1.505 billion.
If this is true, then it shows that Intel was not the only company to gain from pushing out these “Vista Capable” PCs despite the fact they they aren’t capable enough to run things like the “Aero” interface. Although I’d love to know how much money Intel made due to the “Vista Capable” program.
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Microsoft Made $1.5 Billion From “Vista Capable” PCs
The 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 the amount of revenue earned by Microsoft from the licensing of Windows XP on Vista Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs sold to Plaintiffs. In Microsoft’s Supplemental Responses it estimates that it received revenue of [redacted] from Windows XP licenses on upgradeable PCs sold in the U.S. during the April 2006 through January 2007 period. From the estimates of Windows Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs compared to all upgradeable PCs as in Table 1, I estimate that [redacted] of the [redacted] from Windows XP licenses on upgradable PCs were for XP licenses on Vista Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs — those PCs purchased by the Plaintiff class. From these figures, I have, therefore reached the opinion that Microsoft revenue from the Windows XP licensing on Vista Capable but not Vista Premium Ready PCs sold to Plaintiffs was $1.505 billion.
If this is true, then it shows that Intel was not the only company to gain from pushing out these “Vista Capable” PCs despite the fact they they aren’t capable enough to run things like the “Aero” interface. Although I’d love to know how much money Intel made due to the “Vista Capable” program.
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