Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees 479
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.'"
Re:Just giver her Windows 7 (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, what you are suggesting is very odd!
Update (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Paying for what ails you (Score:5, Funny)
Or, just a callow youth.
Re:Paying for what ails you (Score:5, Funny)
If (cake.have) then eat(cake);
This of course fails because everyone knows...
#define cake=LIE;
Windows is just a pane...
Re:Update (Score:5, Funny)
"...well-organized, ..."
well that leave Microsoft out~
Re:just silly (Score:5, Funny)
You guys are all smoking crack with these bad car analogies.
It's like Ford is Baby Jesus, Chrysler is 3 rabbis, and AMC is a scorpion.
So baby Jesus is born. The 3 rabbis are standing around, praising the event. This scorpion comes walking up...but the first rabbi throws his shoe at it. The scorpion takes off. About an hour later, the scorpion comes back. The scorpion almost makes it to baby Jesus, but the second rabbi throws a shoe at it. The scorption takes off. About an hour later, the scorpion comes back again! This time, the 3rd rabbi walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, "that's cool, where'd you get that?" The parrot flies out of the freezer and replies, "may i ask what the turkey did?"
That's how I read it anyway.
Re:Am I missing something...? (Score:4, Funny)
All of the machines on lenovo.com make it very clear which operating system they have installed.
Unlike somewhere else where you can buy Ubuntu by mistake ;-)
Re:Just giver her Windows 7 (Score:1, Funny)
Re:They've done it before: (Score:2, Funny)
Microsoft DELIBERATELY released a KNOWN-BAD operating system. Why? To make more money.
Anybody want to buy a peanut factory?