____/ Doug Mentohl on Friday 29 February 2008 15:30 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Vista: How cozy were Microsoft and Intel?
>
> In the end, we lowered the requirement to help Intel make their
> quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the
> 915 graphics embedded. This in turn did two things:
>
> 1. Decreased focus of OEMs planning and shipping higher end graphics for
> Vista-ready programs and
>
> 2. Reduced the focus by IHV's to ready great WHQL [Windows Hardware
> Quality Labs] qualified graphics drivers. We can see this today with
> Intel's inability to ship a compelling full featured 945 graphics driver
> for Windows Vista.
Microsoft Windows: bloated _BY DESIGN_.
Next time some FunkF*ck or Tim FunkF*ck wannabe tells you that Windows is
light, reminder him or her that Microsoft deliberate makes its O/S a pig, in
order to sell more hardware and keep the love triangle (kickbacks also) alive.
If this is not anti-consumer collusion, I do not know what /is/. In fact, the
European Commission ought to look into this. It already investigates Intel
(antitrust) and has 3+ antitrust investigations against Microsoft. It could
launch another one and do some 'merging'. This whole mafia culture at software
and hardware level (see refs in the OP about OLPC) is modern day disgrace that
future generations deserve to know about. It's also a demonstration of the
harms of monopolies.
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