Unknown how the emails were obtained as of yet. All I have read is that they were introduced into the court session as evidence. A few were read out and then the rest were sealed until the session starts up again on Monday.
If the judge allowed them to be introduced as actual evidence I would assume that they were obtained legally, but we will have to see. On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 4:44 PM, The Beave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian, > > I know the pain about lowering graphics requirements for Vista, I have a > MPC > that is almost unusable with Vista Premium. Although, plays videos and > songs very nicely. Too bad no video games though. My laptop is a XPS Gen 2 > and it is still going strong with Vista Ultimate installed (Installed it > because of work requirements). > > The total opposite can be said for my gaming computer. It has Windows > Vista > Ultimate and it runs just as fast as it did with XP MCD. Of course this > computer has upper end gear though. Only thing I am pissed about is > Directsound and the inability to decode 5.1 on SD-PIF. But, alas I live > with > it. > > I have a question though, were did the e-mails come from? Did Microsoft > give > them freely or was there a court order for them? I did not remember > anything of mentioning that. If they have not been given freely by > Microsoft or a court order was used the person that handed them can be > charged for theft of the e-mails, since the e-mail belong to Microsoft. > > I have personally seen cases of people brought to court for illegally > using > company e-mail for personal and/or illegal use. My job gets me into those > situations sometimes :( > > Regards, > > Tim "The Beave" Lider > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Vista class action > > The plot thickens. 158 pages of internal Microsoft emails on the > matter have turned up as part of the court discovery process. This > page has a good overview as well as links to the whole pdf: > > http://apcmag.com/8344/has_vista_lost_all_credibility > > Some gems: > > "In the end, however, the need to placate other hardware vendors > became a major factor -- particularly Intel, which was keen to keep > selling its 915 graphics chipset, which couldn't handle Aero at that > point. 'In the end, we lowered the requirement to help Intel make > their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards > with 915 graphics embedded," general manager John Kalkman wrote. "It > was a mistake on our part to change the original graphics > requirements.'" > > "In an email to Ballmer, Steven Sinofsky wrote, 'No one really > believed we would ever ship, so they didn't start the work until late > 2006. This led to lack of availability. For example, my home > multi-function printer did not have drivers until 2/2 and even pulled > their drivers and re-released them [Brother].'" > > "Sinofsky continued, 'Massive changes in the underpinning for video > and audio led to a really poor experience at RTM, especially with > respect to Windows Media Center. This change led to incompatibilities. > For example, you don't get Aero with an XP [graphics] driver, but your > card might not (ever) have a Vista driver.'" > > That last one many of us saw coming a mile away, as Microsoft was > forced to re-write the entire audio/video subsystem at the last minute > to placate the Hollywood crowd and allow for HD playback. > > --- > Brian > > >
