Microsoft Had Doubts About the 'Vista Capable' Label

dionysus writes "Last April, Microsoft was sued over its 'Vista Capable' labeling, and in hearing last week, attorneys for the plaintiffs presented evidence that Microsoft employees were skeptical about the 'Vista Capable' marketing. Some of the most damning evidence comes from Microsoft executives: '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."' The judge in the case is currently considering the plaintiffs' request to make it a class-action lawsuit."

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MOD PARENT UP (funny)

[shentino]

"Hang on; I've just realised where I'm posting."

Haha

Like, Big Surprise

[hyades1]

Like, Nash and Allchin, like how long have they been, like, on this Linux Apple fanboy site? Like, all you guys ever do is spread, like, FUD about Microsoft products. Like, you suck, man. Really. Get a clue, man. You guys just hate Microsoft and your crappy operating systems just, like, suck which is why those guys didn't really say any of that stuff about Vista, like, sucking. Vista rocks, man.

Word up.

Re:What happens...

[RobertM1968]

...heck, I've even formatted and reinstalled windows in the past. But install something by hand? Text mode? Now my eyes are glazing over.

I agree with your sentiments... but taking things one step further, most Windows users who have "even formatted and reinstalled windows" simply do that by sticking in the restore disk - which in most cases does both of those with the user having to do nothing other than selecting "I agree" -> (will erase all data, continue?) "Yes" -> (insert Disk 2 of 1978438) "Next"... and so on.

But that too is an issue that a pre-installed Linux would deal with... having a restore disk/image would be probably a lot simpler. Your sentiments are valid - as things stand - but as Linux comes preinstalled on more machines, it wont matter... any user will be able to "format and reinstall" their copy of Linux in just as easy as a fashion as any Windows user... and in all probability, unlike most Windows restore sets, without wiping all their existing data or making all their existing programs cease working until they are reinstalled.

In the long run, I see this as a much easier experience for the pre-installed Linux user... it's only an issue now because there aren't enough pre-installed Linux machines - yet.