[ILUG] Judge Sticks it to Microsoft

[Brian Foster]

 Judge Sticks it to Microsoft (by Greg Laden)

  “During the 2006 holiday shopping season, in a desperate
   attempt to boost weak sales of their totally sucky
   operating system, Microsoft engineerd the branding of
   zillions of PC's with the slogan "Windows Vista Capable."
  [ ... somebody sued ... ]
      At a hearing two weeks ago, lawyers for Microsoft
      argued that because each consumer who bought a computer
      touted as "Windows Vista Capable" had different
      information at the time of purchase, the lawsuit should
      not be granted class-action status [ ... ]

      In her ruling, Judge Marsha Pechman granted
      class-action status, stating that "common issues
      predominate."
  [ ... ]”

 — http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/judge_sticks_it_to_microsoft.php

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