On Wed, February 13, 2008 10:53 am, Ed Leafe wrote: > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080211-vista-capable-scheme-was-pa > nned-at-microsoft.html ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/2elkld ) > > > From TFA: > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Back in April 2007, a lawsuit was filed in the US District Court > accusing Microsoft of unfairly and incorrectly labeling machines as > "Windows Vista Capable." The PCs with the small sticker on them > (pictured below) could indeed run Vista, but they only performed well > with the most bare-bones edition: Vista Home Basic. In other words, there > would be no Aero Glass, no Flip3D, no Media Centerno features that Vista > was and is widely advertised to offer. Many customers felt like the > company had ripped them off. Microsoft argued that it provided detailed > information on the sticker program and that it was the customers' fault > for not educating themselves before purchasing their new computers. > > [snip] > > > Mike Nash, currently a corporate vice president for Windows product > management, wrote in an e-mail, "I PERSONALLY got burnt. ... Are we seeing > this from a lot of customers? ... I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine." Jim > Allchin, then the co-president of Microsoft's Platforms > and Services Division, wrote in another e-mail, "We really botched this. > ... You guys have to do a better job with our customers." >
They really need to get rid of the sleazy, slimy, misleading marketing folks. Oh, and continue development of VFP. <g> _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
