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Microsoft Tries To Prevent Further Discovery

An anonymous reader notes the considerable irony in Microsoft asking for relief from further discovery in the Windows Vista Capable debacle. This is the lawsuit that was recently granted class-action status, and Microsoft wants the wheels of justice to stop while it appeals that designation. It's easy to see why Microsoft wants to prevent further digging around in their and their OEMs' email archives, with stories like this one from the NYTimes (registration may be required) revealing Redmond's highly embarrassing internal emails to a mass audience.

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  1. ahoj by eneville · · Score: 5, Funny

    chair throwing contest starting in 10...

    1. Re:ahoj by Insanity+Defense · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think that Ballmer is secretly Scottish and always wanted to be a caber tosser.

    2. Re:ahoj by RealSurreal · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, he got half of his wish

  2. Microsoft hired the wrong people! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They obviously need to hire the White House email administrators.

    Problem solved.

  3. Re:Eh? by RealSurreal · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does this mean in normal human language, rather than lawyerspeak??? "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
  4. Mwhahahaha by Colin+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what you get for allowing multi gigabyte PST files.

    Oh, the sweet irony.

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  5. Re:They Think Differently by Yvanhoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Continued proceedings here would cost the company a substantial sum of money for discovery and divert key personnel from full-time tasks," Funny, it is exactly the argument I use to tell my boss it is not in our company's interests to switch to Vista...
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  6. Re:Eh? by vux984 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does this mean in normal human language, rather than lawyerspeak???

    It means 'we called our customers mindless sheep that go where they're led, and called our VAR partners our bitches that will do what they're told, and we called our 'MVPs our whores that ... well... anyway... we really don't want them finding out this how we refer to them internally...

    That's my guess, at least. ;)

  7. I Object... by tokki · · Score: 4, Funny

    On the grounds that it makes my client look bad!

  8. Re:I don't get it by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps if you'd told them Vista moved the security model of Windows into the 20th century, they might have seen more value in an upgrade?

    Perhaps if you then told them that the 20th century has been over for nearly a decade, they might ponder on why older versions of Windows have a 19th century security model.

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