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> <Quote>
> High-ranking Microsoft and Intel executives were involved in a plan to
> re-write the Windows Vista Capable program to save both companies -
> and OEMs - millions of dollars, according to unsealed court
> documents....
>
> Microsoft's update to the program followed a flurry of emails and
> phone calls that reached to the top of both companies, chief executive
> Steve Ballmer from Microsoft and Paul Otellini of Intel.
> ...The CEO-level contact is vital to the case as both Ballmer and
> Microsoft have denied he had any "unique or personal" knowledge of the
> Vista-Capable program so that he can avoid having to testify in the
> case.
> </Quote>
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/intel_microsoft_vista_capable/
Ballmer could soon be desposed. Will he nervously sway back and forth like
PearlyG or will he just yelp?
Bits that I found revealing:
New court documents reveal internal Microsoft fighting over Vista, Intel
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| Ultimately, Microsoft changed its mind and lowered the requirements so that
| PCs with those chipsets received the "Windows Vista Capable" logo -- even
| though they couldn't run the glossy Aero Glass interface or other signature
| Windows Vista features.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/New_e-mails_detail_internal_Microsoft_clashes_over_Vista34428804.html
Vista suit links Microsoft, Intel CEOs
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| What did Intel CEO Paul Otellini say to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the
| phone, and what role did that conversation play in Microsoft's decision to
| lower the requirements for the "Windows Vista Capable" sticker?
|
| That's one of the questions raised by the internal documents unsealed today
| in the class-action lawsuit over the Vista Capable program.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Vista_case_targets_Ballmer_phone_call34437179.html
Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel
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| NUMEROUS EMAILS exchanged by Microsoft and Intel executives have revealed
| that the Vole knowingly cut its 'Vista Capable' PC specifications to help
| Intel flog rafts of cheap kit.
|
| The email evidence surfaced in a plaintiffs' court filing (PDF) that was
| unsealed Thursday in the continuing 'Vista Capable' consumer class action
| lawsuit.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/14/microsoft-cut-vista-capable
E-mails: Vista specs changed to help Intel
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| When Microsoft announced it would start the Vista Capable program three
| months earlier than anticipated, Intel executives, including CEO Paul
| Otellini, complained to Microsoft because they did not have enough high-end
| chipsets.
|
| "While I do not want to discuss volume and $$ on email, it is material to our
| business, and we do not understand Microsoft's motivation to change the
| previously agreed upon date," Intel executive Renee James wrote in an e-mail.
|
| James wrote in another e-mail that Otellini "doesn't understand why the date
| changed and we don't accept it is just 'labels on boxes.'"
|
| Another filing in the case (read it here) shows that Otellini even called
| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to relay his concerns.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/154340.asp
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