Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 13, 2009 @12:22PM from the can't-win-for-losing dept.

Krojack writes with this excerpt from Computerworld: "Los Angeles resident Emma Alvarado charged Microsoft with multiple violations of Washington state's unfair business practices and consumer protection laws over its policy of barring computer makers from continuing to offer XP on new PCs after Vista's early-2007 launch. Alvarado is seeking compensatory damages and wants the case declared a class-action suit. ... Irked at having to pay a fee for downgrading a new Lenovo notebook to XP, Alvarado said that Microsoft had used its position as the dominant operating system maker to 'require consumers to purchase computers pre-installed with the Vista operating system and to pay additional sums to "downgrade" to the Windows XP operating system.'"

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Re:And for $20 more ... by Profane+MuthaFucka · 2009-02-13 15:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ah, YOU are THAT guy. Every thread has THAT guy, and you're it. You know, THAT guy. The guy who does THAT on every thread. If you're ever posting on a thread and you notice that THAT guy hasn't posted on the thread yet, that means that you are quite possibly THAT guy.

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