In this case there also happens to be an internal memo from a Microsoft VP who bought a "Vista Capable" PC instead of a "Premium Ready" one and got burned. His memo asks the (rhetorical) question, "if we don't understand our own marketing, what does that say about what we are doing to our customers?"
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080211-vista-capable-scheme-was-panned-at-microsoft.html As Arstechnica pointed out, the lawsuit was originally targeted at Microsoft's efforts to prop up XP sales right up until the release date of Vista. In other words, to convince people to buy PCs with XP during the holiday season instead of waiting another couple of months for Vista like many wanted to (and everyone who wanted Vista should have). So the judge limiting the lawsuit as explained in the OP article basically removes this and means that instead of arguing the false advertising and market manipulation issue, they are forced to only focus on the "is Vista Basic really Vista and worth XX?". That is a huge win for Microsoft and instead of having an actual, meaningful lawsuit this will be yet another long, drawn out legal battle with Microsoft that means nothing for the consumer that got screwed. ----- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:04 PM, j maccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idiot consumers are forever tying their PC purchases > to price & the promises of > slick salesman. Sounds like people are pissed they > were duped into buying > low-end PC's that can only the most basic version of > Vista (means nothing given > what's not in VHB) which of course begs the question > were those pc's also so low > end they could barely run XP? > > On the same token these idiots don't even know why > they wanted Vista in the 1st > place especially since they likely bought low-end > systems consisting of Celeron > & integrated RAM stealing video. > > Ben Ruset wrote: > > This is absolutely the most retarded thing I've ever > read: > > > > "These common issues ... are whether Vista Home > Basic, in truth, can > > fairly be called 'Vista' and whether Microsoft's > 'Windows Vista Capable' > > marketing campaign inflated demand market-wide for > 'Windows Vista > > Capable' PCs," she wrote. > > > > Why the hell would you not call Vista Home Basic > "Vista?" And since when > > has there been market demand for Vista at all? If > anything, Vista has > > put XP in more demand. > > > > I hate lawyers. > > > > Chris Reeves wrote: > >> > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/352442_vista23.html > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > >> > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > >
