"Vista Capable" lawsuit

[James Knott]

Tyler Aviss wrote:
> It's actually a pretty interesting read. Sounds like a lot of the
> developers and project teams were really sticking with the
> requirements for the sticker (Vista Certification), only to get
> steamrolled near the end by a collusion and agreement between
> sales-drones of MS and those in Intel lobbying them to alter the spec
> to allow sub-par hardware.
>
> It's pretty sad, because MS seems to have a lot of talent and I really
> wouldn't be surprised to see that a lot of the issues they run into
> are marketdroids overruling IT common-sense.
>   

Take a look at how IE is embedded in Windows.  At one time, it was a
separate app, just like Netscape.  Then when MS was hauled into court
over bundling, they claimed IE was part of the OS and couldn't be
removed.  At that time, it was a lie, but come next version of Windows,
it was deeply tied in.  As a result, bugs in IE became bugs in Windows,
with all the infamous problems we here about.

Incidentally, here's some interesting reading:
http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html


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