Microsoft top brass ‘burned’ by Vista problems
“Private Microsoft emails unearthed during a US court case have revealed that even the software giant’s own executives struggled to get Windows Vista running smoothly.”
“…One executive, Mike Nash, complained he was “burned” so badly by compatibility issues he was left with “a $2100 email machine”.
Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive in charge of Windows, struggled to even get his home printer working with Vista.”
“Jon Shirley, who experienced compatibility problems with his Epson printer and scanner and his Nikon film scanner.
He could not even get some of Microsoft’s own MSN software products to work on Vista and refused to upgrade his other computer to the operating system.
“I cannot understand with a product this long in creation why there is such a shortage of drivers,” Shirley wrote to Ballmer.
Other emails from various Microsoft executives show that even they struggled to work out what “Vista Capable” and “Vista Ready” meant when buying a new PC.
“Is it true that Vista Ready doesn’t necessarily mean Aero capable? I got a Dell Latitude that is Vista Ready but doesn’t have enough graphics [hardware],” Sinofsky wrote.”
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March 27, 2008 at 4:23 pm
…i hear Microsoft is suddenly having a hiring spree for upper management positions for some reason.
May 5, 2008 at 8:36 am
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