Microsoft loses 'Vista Capable' appeal

[Midwest-Linux]

Microsoft loses 'Vista Capable' appeal


http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9079518&intsrc=hm_list

April 21, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to reverse a lower court's ruling in the ongoing "Vista Capable" lawsuit was denied by an appeals court on Monday. The decision means the case can resume.

It also means that new insider e-mails subpoenaed from Microsoft and nearly 30 other companies could be made public.

[sillyxone]

now you can officially slap one of these stickers (or all of them) on your computer:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Vista+Incapable+Stickers+%28Designed+for%29?conten t=65578

[smoker]

i dare say a lot more 'dirt' will come out before this case is settled. shows what happens when a corporation becomes so out of touch with staff and customers that they ignore good advice given from managers, oems and retailers, and instigate ill-thought-out practices regardless.

[LaRoza]

My computer (my first one, I have since sold it) had the "Vista Capable" label, but couldn't run Vista at all. I have Debian Lenny (with GNOME 2.22.0) on a computer with a 700 MHZ processor, and 256 (upgraded from 192, which was upgraded from 64) MB of RAM. It runs a lot better than Vista did on that computer which was mislabeled. Even without the Aero (which it couldn't run) it was super heavy.

I am glad they lost. Anything else aside, that was a very misleading statement and such things shouldn't be tolerated by consumers.

[wolfen69]

now you can officially slap one of these stickers (or all of them) on your computer:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Vista+Incapable+Stickers+%28Designed+for%29?conten t=65578

nice find. thanks. gonna go buy some blank labels.

[Pogeymanz]

So, can someone sum up what this lawsuit will amount to?

Will I be compensated for buying a "vista capable" PC that can't run Vista?

[LaRoza]

So, can someone sum up what this lawsuit will amount to?

Will I be compensated for buying a "vista capable" PC that can't run Vista?

Read it. It is short.

The appeal was denied, which means the case will continue.

No decisions on the case have been made.