Microsoft boosts Intel profit by squeezing your balls..to let go on Windows 7
Internal email at Microsoft released to public ... (By US Court Judge)
From: John Kalkman
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:48 AM
To: Scott Di Valerio
Cc: Jim Totton
Subject: Re: Vista
Att: ...
Attached is the email explaining the decision process and initial outcome with HP. In the end, we lowered the requirement to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics embedded. cont. ...
It is important that KT understand the decision process, and Jimali not necessarily being in agreement with decision. cont. ...
On suggestions for corrections to ease the customer pain going forward in the near term and long term. There is really nothing we can do in the short term. Express upgrade is almost over.
This was rejected for Vista. Having this theme puts accountability and early thinking on programs like Capable/Ready so that we make the right decisions early on.
Again to repeat the above more succinctly, it was a mistake on our part to change the original graphics requirements. This created confusion in the industry on how important the aspect of visual computing would play as a feature set to new Windows Vista uprades. We will take this learning into Win7 planning.
Let me know .. cont. ...
Internal email at Microsoft released to public ... (By US Court Judge)
From: John Kalkman
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:48 AM
To: Scott Di Valerio
Cc: Jim Totton
Subject: Re: Vista
Att: ...
Attached is the email explaining the decision process and initial outcome with HP. In the end, we lowered the requirement to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics embedded. cont. ...
It is important that KT understand the decision process, and Jimali not necessarily being in agreement with decision. cont. ...
On suggestions for corrections to ease the customer pain going forward in the near term and long term. There is really nothing we can do in the short term. Express upgrade is almost over.
In the long term we have worked hard to establish and have committed an OEM Theme for Win7 planning.
This was rejected for Vista. Having this theme puts accountability and early thinking on programs like Capable/Ready so that we make the right decisions early on.
Again to repeat the above more succinctly, it was a mistake on our part to change the original graphics requirements. This created confusion in the industry on how important the aspect of visual computing would play as a feature set to new Windows Vista uprades. We will take this learning into Win7 planning.
Let me know .. cont. ...