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		<title>Microsoft appeals I4i XML case again – clearly doesn’t know when to give up</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2010/01/09/microsoft-appeals-i4i-xml-case-again-%e2%80%93-clearly-doesn%e2%80%99t-know-when-to-give-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And there we all were thinking this case was over; that Microsoft had decided one lost appeal was enough, [...]
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		<title>Microsoft taking no chances with Windows 7 labeling scheme</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/09/30/microsoft-taking-no-chances-with-windows-7-labeling-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced that 32-bit only machines will not qualify for its Windows 7 compatibility labeling scheme. It’s a major change of emphasis after the debacle of “Vista Capable”.
As we’ve noted several times, an official Microsoft labeling scheme which branded [...]
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		<title>Vista Capable case could regain class action status</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/03/16/vista-capable-case-could-regain-class-action-status/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2009/03/16/vista-capable-case-could-regain-class-action-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is arguing against an attempt to reinstate class action status to the ongoing &#8216;Vista Capable&#8217; case. If it fails in the bid, the potential price of losing the case would be many times higher.
The case originally received class [...]
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		<title>Vista Capable case loses class action status</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-case-loses-class-action-status/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-case-loses-class-action-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft has succeeded in a bid to throw out the class action status of the Vista Capable lawsuit. The ruling means each person claiming they were misled by the marketing scheme must launch a separate legal case.
Judge Marsha Pechman said the class action [...]
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		<title>Microsoft stung by $3 billion tax bill</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/01/23/microsoft-stung-by-3-billion-tax-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2009/01/23/microsoft-stung-by-3-billion-tax-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft is taking financial hits from more than just the economy. Its latest financial reports show it stumped up $3.1 billion to settle a tax debt last year, while there are claims the ongoing ‘Vista Capable’ case could cost millions. 
The tax payment, [...]
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		<title>Microsoft earned $1.5 billion from Vista Capable program</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2009/01/05/microsoft-earned-15-billion-from-vista-capable-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2009/01/05/microsoft-earned-15-billion-from-vista-capable-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft’s ill-fated “Vista Capable” program, which we have covered at length, actually earned the company money.&#160; Some new estimates say that the Redmond based software giant may have earned upwards of $1.5 billion thanks to the upgrade program.
Computers purchased before Vista was available shipped with XP with the rights to upgrade to Vista as [...]
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		<title>Steve Ballmer ordered by Judge to testify in “Vista Capable” suit</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/11/23/steve-ballmer-ordered-by-judge-to-testify-in-%e2%80%9cvista-capable%e2%80%9d-suit/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/11/23/steve-ballmer-ordered-by-judge-to-testify-in-%e2%80%9cvista-capable%e2%80%9d-suit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, Microsoft has a small problem.&#160; Not all manufacturers were happy about having Vista’s requirements lowered in order to support some lower end chips/chipsets from [...]
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		<title>Microsoft CEO Ballmer ordered to testify in court</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/11/23/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-ordered-to-testify-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/11/23/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-ordered-to-testify-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The &#8220;Vista Capable&#8221; class-action lawsuit has been a sore subject for Microsoft for some time now. Now the federal judge has ordered the CEO of Microsoft to testify in court. This is extremely embarrassing for the executive of a high [...]
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		<title>Even Microsoft execs were ‘burned’ by Vista marketing</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/11/21/even-microsoft-execs-were-%e2%80%98burned%e2%80%99-by-vista-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/11/21/even-microsoft-execs-were-%e2%80%98burned%e2%80%99-by-vista-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A Microsoft Vice President complained to colleagues that he’d been “burned” by a laptop marked as ‘Vista Capable’. It’s just one embarrassing revelation in the latest batch of e-mails uncovered during ongoing legal action over the marketing campaign.
Earlier today I wrote about [...]
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		<title>Microsoft “failed to communicate” Vista’s value</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/11/21/microsoft-%e2%80%9cfailed-to-communicate%e2%80%9d-vista%e2%80%99s-value/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/11/21/microsoft-%e2%80%9cfailed-to-communicate%e2%80%9d-vista%e2%80%99s-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While the bashing of Vista and parent company Microsoft continue over the whole “Vista capable” debacle it seem another issue has arisen.&#160; Even before Vista was out of the gate and way back in 2005 the operating system was already in trouble.
Before [...]
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		<title>Microsoft stretched ‘Capable’ criteria to help Intel</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/11/14/microsoft-stretched-%e2%80%98capable%e2%80%99-criteria-to-help-intel/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/11/14/microsoft-stretched-%e2%80%98capable%e2%80%99-criteria-to-help-intel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Newly released court documents confirm Microsoft relaxed its criteria for declaring a computer ‘Vista Capable’ after lobbying from Intel. The chipmaker complained that the original rules would exclude some of its products and cause lost business in the billions.
The documents are part [...]
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		<title>Microsoft refuses to ’spam’ Update users</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/10/16/microsoft-refuses-to-%e2%80%99spam%e2%80%99-update-users/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/10/16/microsoft-refuses-to-%e2%80%99spam%e2%80%99-update-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft lawyers have filed an official objection against a demand for the firm to use the Windows Update service to contact potential claimants in the &#8216;Vista Capable&#8217; case. They&#8217;ve also outlined their arguments against the case itself.
As we reported last week, lawyers [...]
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		<title>‘Capable’ case lawyers targeting Windows Update</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/10/07/%e2%80%98capable%e2%80%99-case-lawyers-targeting-windows-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/10/07/%e2%80%98capable%e2%80%99-case-lawyers-targeting-windows-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next Windows Update could double as a recruiting tool for disgruntled Vista users to join a class action suit. Or at least that&#8217;s the suggestion from the lawyers handling the case.
The case, which we reported on yesterday, involves customers who bought computers marked &#8216;Vista Capable&#8217; but found this tag only applied to the [...]
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		<title>Ballmer says he’s not Capable of comment on Vista scheme</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/10/06/ballmer-says-he%e2%80%99s-not-capable-of-comment-on-vista-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/10/06/ballmer-says-he%e2%80%99s-not-capable-of-comment-on-vista-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer (pictured) is denying responsibility for the Vista Capable program. That&#8217;s the marketing scheme at the heart of an ongoing class action suit from disgruntled customers.
The legal actions started last year when a woman from Camano Island, Washington complained she&#8217;d been misled into buying a &#8216;Vista Capable&#8217; machine which could only [...]
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		<title>No appeal for Microsoft over Vista capable debacle</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/04/23/no-appeal-for-microsoft-over-vista-capable-debacle/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/04/23/no-appeal-for-microsoft-over-vista-capable-debacle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft should prepare to let more embarrassment fly.  The company filed an appeal in order to attempt to reverse a lower courts decision that the Vista Capable lawsuit would be allowed to continue.  That appeal has been denied and the case will now resume.
Part of the reason behind the stalling tactics were the emails that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Allchin subpoenaed in &quot;Vista Capable&quot; lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/03/26/jim-allchin-subpoenaed-in-vista-capable-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/03/26/jim-allchin-subpoenaed-in-vista-capable-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Jim Allchin, the former co-president of Microsoft&#8217;s Platforms and Service division has been subpoenaed in the Vista Capable class action lawsuit.&#160; For those of you that haven&#8217;t been following the case, back in 2006 Microsoft came up with the idea that computers would be rated with two-tiers of performance when upgrading to Vista.&#160; Those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Vista Home Basic has outlived its usefulness</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/03/13/windows-vista-home-basic-has-outlived-its-usefulness/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/03/13/windows-vista-home-basic-has-outlived-its-usefulness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft has been hit with a class action lawsuit over the Vista Capable advertising campaign.&#160; While Vista Home Basic is not responsible for that, it may be the very reason it was created in the first place.
Vista Capable PCs sold back at the end of 2006, before Vista was released were incapable of running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vista class action suit has embarrassed Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://blorge.com/2008/03/10/vista-class-action-suit-has-embarrassed-microsoft/</link>
		<comments>http://blorge.com/2008/03/10/vista-class-action-suit-has-embarrassed-microsoft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It all goes back to the Vista Capable &#8220;certification&#8221; program that Microsoft labeled all those computers with that couldn&#8217;t run the advanced features of Vista.&#160; In fact, the company did so to help Intel sell systems with it&#8217;s low-end graphics chips that were not capable of running Aero Glass.&#160; Intel now has Aero Glass [...]]]></description>
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