Microsoft says Vista problems were caused by trying to “help out” Intel
Uh-huh.
A Microsoft Corp. executive last year said the
software company made a mistake by lowering the minimum technical requirements
needed to run Windows Vista, a decision he said was made to help Intel Corp.
meet its quarterly earnings, according to internal emails disclosed this
week…
Problems Microsoft was having with Intel appeared in emails over the past few years, including one dated Feb. 1, 2006, in which Microsoft senior director Mike Ybarra wrote “We are caving to Intel” and later complained that PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard Co. supported Microsoft, yet Microsoft was “allowing Intel to drive our consumer experience…”
In an email addressed to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Board member John Shirley said that he didn’t upgrade one of his PCs because Windows Vista didn’t have the necessary software, known as a driver, to run his top-of-the-line Epson printer and two scanners. “I cannot understand with a product this long in creation why there is such a shortage of drivers,” Mr. Shirley wrote.
Har!
Thanks, K B
Problems Microsoft was having with Intel appeared in emails over the past few years, including one dated Feb. 1, 2006, in which Microsoft senior director Mike Ybarra wrote “We are caving to Intel” and later complained that PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard Co. supported Microsoft, yet Microsoft was “allowing Intel to drive our consumer experience…”
In an email addressed to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Board member John Shirley said that he didn’t upgrade one of his PCs because Windows Vista didn’t have the necessary software, known as a driver, to run his top-of-the-line Epson printer and two scanners. “I cannot understand with a product this long in creation why there is such a shortage of drivers,” Mr. Shirley wrote.
Har!
Thanks, K B
Posted: Fri - February 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM