Barence writes "New court documents have revealed that HP sent Microsoft a stinging rebuke for its decision to drop the requirements for the controversial Vista Capable scheme. Microsoft is currently being sued in the US by customers who complained that PCs sporting Vista Capable stickers were only able to run the Home Basic version of the operating system — apparently at the behest of Intel, who didn't want its 915 chipset to miss out on inclusion. That decision sparked a furious response from HP senior vice president, Richard Walker, according to transcripts of emails [PDF] that have been put before the court. "If I were to be completely cynical about the course of events leading up to this, I'd suggest that my friends in Santa Clara [Intel] slept well last night knowing they don't have to worry that part of their line up... will be exposed to public scrutiny." This prompted then Microsoft co-President, Jim Allchin, to send a furious email of his own to company CEO Steve Ballmer, who in turn blamed another Microsoft representative for the sorry mess." Link to Original Source
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