Vista Branding Confusing Even To Microsoft 236
Trotti Laganna writes "Lawyers are now arguing a case brought against Microsoft over Vista's marketing. The software giant is being dinged for allegedly not telling the truth when it put the 'Vista capable' logo on PCs that would only be capable of running Vista Home Basic. Case in point - even the software giant's marketing director Mark Croft was confused by the pre-launch campaign in the United States. Croft's explanation was that "'capable'...has an interpretation for many that, in the context of this program, a PC would be able to run any version of the Windows operating system". After a 10-minute break to talk to Microsoft's lawyers, Croft admitted he had made 'an error', and retracted his previous statement, saying that, by 'capable', Microsoft meant 'able to run a version of Vista'."
Yawn. (Score:0, Funny)
Still waiting.. (Score:4, Funny)
"Capable" is a good word (Score:3, Funny)
She was using a 486.
Re:"Capable" is a good word (Score:4, Funny)
Jo, is that you?
Odd way of coming out of the closet (Score:5, Funny)
Look, as your nick suggests on slashdot we use real men's anologies namely cars. Guy stuff. Not clothing and most certainly not womens clothing and MOST DEFINITLY NOT TRYING THEM ON.
Yes I know the temptation can be great when you feel that soft lace... Eh, how about them Yankees eh.
You know you've failed when... (Score:3, Funny)
Come the day (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"Capable" is a good word (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Odd way of coming out of the closet (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Women's clothes sizes and Vista branding (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Sir,
I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about the aforementioned post, namely, that Slashdot readers might consider trying on women's clothes. Many of my best friends are Slashdot readers, and only a few of them are transvestites.
Moreover, while it is true that certain manufacturers of women's apparel mark down the size of a garment to a lower size to placate the buyer's desire for petiteness, there should be no shame for anyone relegated to shopping in the plus-sized aisles, or otherwise interested in purchasing a copy of Vista.
Yours faithfully,
Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs.)
PS I have never kissed Cmdr Taco.
Re:"Capable" is a good word (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Odd way of coming out of the closet (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Uh... (Score:2, Funny)
HD Ready (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Certain? (Score:5, Funny)
Introducing VISTA NULL! All it does is wipe your hard drive and put up a big sign saying "your crappy old computer is too old to run our fine software - go buy a new one right now" But it is guaranteed to will run on anything from an 8086 onwards.
There. Now they can use that sticker for anything they like. Send your suggestions to "Steve Ballmer, One Microsoft Way..."
Thank you, Captain Literal (Score:1, Funny)
Just one problem (Score:3, Funny)
It comes on 4 DVDs.
depends on what you mean by capable (Score:1, Funny)