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Ballmer Ordered To Testify In 'Vista Capable' Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the take-the-stand-monkey-man dept.

alphadogg writes "A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold with an older Microsoft OS were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista. Ballmer has unique personal knowledge of facts surrounding the case, therefore he must face questioning, Judge Marsha Pechman of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle ruled, according to court documents released late Friday."

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  1. hazard pay? by Binder · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I certainly hope the judge grants the jury an anti chair cage around the jury box.

  2. How much room will there be in this courtroom? by Pozican · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will there be enough room in the courtroom for his monkey dance???

  3. How many chairs does it take by hesaigo999ca · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Are the chairs at least going to be bolted down in that court room?

  4. Re:So? by petermgreen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Then Vista comes out and the consumers try to run Vista Ultimate or Vista Business or whatever, and discover their computer can't.
    It'll run it just won't enable aero :/

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