Linked by David Adams on Mon 10th Mar 2008 03:40 UTC, submitted by SReilly
Microsoft Corp. on Friday asked that a lawsuit claiming it duped consumers in a Windows Vista marketing program be suspended while the company appeals a judge's decision to grant the case class-action status.
If granted, the motion would also postpone any new disclosures of potentially embarrassing company e-mails. Last month, the release of similar documents showed that top-level company executives struggled with the new operating system on machines labeled "Vista Capable," and that partners such as Dell Inc. warned Microsoft that the campaign would confuse consumers. 
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Member since:2006-12-28
But that's my whole point. I'm not saying I'm giving MS the shaft, that was just Kroc misunderstanding my post and inadvertently putting words in my mouth, I'm saying that I refuse to pay for MS software anymore; No more, no less.
Few! Well, at least we got that one sorted out ;-)
Member since:2005-07-24
Well, getting back to the subject at hand... I want to see some more of those embarrassing emails MS is trying to avoid having exposed! :-)
You'd think they would have learned not to exchange potentially embarrassing material via email by this time, as many times as they've been burned in the past. Who says MS learns from past mistakes? ;-)
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2005-07-24
Please understand that I am not telling you not to do things with you enjoy. I am pointing out that you are helping, and not shafting, MS when you do them. If the game only runs well on Windows, then your very presence in that game's online arenas, worlds, whatever, is a vote for using Windows.
I very respectfully suggest that while you are free to do as you please, the consequences are what they are, and I can only tell you, honestly, that I think that the consequence is that you are playing right into Microsoft's hands. I wish you wouldn't do that. But as you surely must realize, I do not get all anal when it comes to FOSS vs Proprietary. I strongly prefer FOSS. But when people make informed decisions to use proprietary software, I have no choice but to respect that. I *do* have a problem with all the people who make uninformed choices. But I am not accusing you of that. Most of us here have a pretty good grasp of what is going on in the world of computing. We differ in our interpretations of what the events mean. But I would not presume to know better than anyone else what is good for them. I'll leave that to Gates, Jobs, and Stallman.
However, I *will* speak out regarding my own interpretation when I sense that a friend thinks he is working against something, when in fact I strongly feel that he is working *for* that very thing.
But... I have already done that. Possibly to excess. And it would be a good time for me to stop. :-)