Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista 662
bfwebster writes "Microsoft is currently facing a class-action suit over its designation of allegedly under-powered hardware as being 'Vista Capable.' The discovery process of that lawsuit has now compelled Microsoft to produce some internal emails discussing those issues. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has published extracts of some of those emails, along with a link to a a PDF file containing a more extensive email exchange. The emails reflect a lot of frustration among senior Microsoft personnel about Vista's performance problems and hardware incompatibilities. They also appear to indicate that Microsoft lowered the hardware requirements for 'Vista Capable' in order to include certain lower-end Intel chipsets, apparently as a favor to Intel: 'In the end, we lowered the requirement to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with 915 graphics embedded.' Read the whole PDF; it is informative, interesting, and at times (unintentionally) funny."
The most damning email: (Score:4, Funny)
To sBallmer:
Steve, Why is it taking forever to send emails?
From sBallmer:
To bGates:
Bill, 640 minutes for roundtrip for email should be enough for everyone.
Ballmer's first response (Score:5, Funny)
My Vista came with a warning label (Score:4, Funny)
Isn't that Britney checking into rehab?
Re:For more information (Score:4, Funny)
Re:For more information (Score:5, Funny)
Re:For more information (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Best quote... (Score:3, Funny)
Reminds of the old quote I used to read around the web.
Dear Mr Ballmer, (Score:3, Funny)
If you give me political amnesty from others within the company, I an give you an honest view of the quality of a product.
Based on these email, it seem that upper management is unaware that some of their employees have had their jobs threatened from people in middle management for getting to 'loud'. Nothing direct, but a lot of implied threats.
I need 120K a year, 100,000 shares, and to work remotely most of the time. I will need to be extracted from the daily 'in the office' routine in order to maintain objectivity.
I work in the strictest confidence, and I assure you know email will be leaked from my office.
Regards,
Punctuation is a sign of weakness and indecision. (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk [youtube.com]
Re:Quite revealing... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Vista on minimal HW (Score:5, Funny)
Official Microsoft advice: please refrain from playing graphics games on Vista. You may still, however, play text adventures. Honk if you love Zork.
Windows Vista: Designed For Infocom.
Re:Quite revealing... (Score:2, Funny)
whatre you talking about i looked and i coud see nothing at all wrong with his english usage looked absolutely fine to me leave him alone hes a fine man
steve
Re:Quite revealing... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A pity, truely (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't get what the problems are (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Punctuation is a sign of weakness and indecisio (Score:5, Funny)
Re:yep this is an example of... (Score:3, Funny)
I just had visions of marketing showing its tits, damn you!
Re:Shitty Lawsuit, Bad Priorities (Score:5, Funny)
You fiend! How much are you extorting them for removal?
Come to think of it that would be a nice racket...
Re:For more information (Score:1, Funny)
Re:For more information (Score:5, Funny)
No, that would be "flies like a chair". Which is wrong. Flies like a banana. Chimps like a chair.
Re:For more information (Score:4, Funny)
o
+ <-- you
Re:For more information (Score:4, Funny)
I believe this guy [slashdot.org] would disagree.
Vista PCs run Linux just great (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's time, boys and girls, for (Score:5, Funny)
You had me until then. Well played, sir!
Vista Infocom Edition example session (Score:3, Funny)
Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 Microsoft, Inc. All rights reserved.
WINDOWS is a registered trademark of Microsoft, Inc.
Revision 6093 / Serial number FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8
West of Desktop
You are standing in an open field west of a desktop, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>open mailbox
Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
>read leaflet
(Taken)
"WELCOME TO VISTA!
VISTA is an operating system of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore some of the most amazing window decorations ever seen by mortals. No computer should be without one!"
>photoshop.exe
I don't know the word "photoshop".
>help
I don't know the word "help".
>reboot
I don't know the word "reboot".
>dir
I don't know the word "dir".
>C:\ I don't know the word "c:\".
>
Re:Quite revealing... (Score:1, Funny)
-Steve Ballmer