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techflash.com - 11/20/2008

Court filing: HP's Hurd complained to Ballmer about rocky Vista upgrades - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

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In an e-mail message after Windows Vista's release, Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Mark Hurd complained to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about the computer maker's "call lines being overrun" with customers' Windows Vista upgrade problems, according to a court filing made public late Wednesday in ...

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techflash.com - 11/14/2008

New court documents reveal internal Microsoft fighting over Vista, Intel - TechFlash: Seattle's ...

— techflash.com — A new court filing reveals disputes at Microsoft's highest levels leading up to Windows Vista's release --... including CEO Steve Ballmer describing former Windows chief Jim Allchin as "apoplectic" over a move to lower the standards for the "Windows ... (more) New court documents reveal internal Microsoft fighting ...

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techarp.com - 11/25/2008

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— techarp.com — ED#106 : Windows Vista Service Pack 2's Latest Release Schedule We have news of the upcoming Service... Pack 2 for Windows Vista ! Microsoft is doing their best to rush out Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista so there will be additional incentive for folks ... (more) " + Title + "

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securityfocus.com - 11/24/2008

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— securityfocus.com — phion Security Advisory 21/10/2008 Microsoft VISTA TCP/IP stack buffer overflow Summary ----------------------------- Microsoft Device IO Control wrapped... by the iphlpapi.dll API shipping with Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit contains a possibly ... (more) SecurityFocus

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Unsealed court filing: HP’s Hurd had Vista concerns
Between the Lines — ... ). The exchange was noted in the filing as plaintiffs in the lawsuit argued to the court that Ballmer be questioned as part of the suit. Details of the filing were first reported on the Microsoft blog written by Todd Bishop, co-founder and managing editor of TechFlash.  In his entry, Bishop wrote that the filing provides deeper insight into the turmoil created in the computer industry leading up to and following the retail release of the retail release of the operating system in January 2007. Windows Vista has since been beaten up by bloggers and, of course, ...

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TechBlog — ... - 45 percent of respondents say they'll cut back. • Court filing: HP's Hurd complained to Ballmer about rocky Vista upgrades - Tech support lines were "overrun" by Vista users seeking help. Posted by Dwight at November 21, 2008 06:15 AM Comments Post a comment Please use a valid e-mail address . We don't harvest addresses, you will not be spammed and your address will not be publicly visible. But if I have a question about your comment, I need to be able to contact you. Thank you. URL: Remember Me? Yes No Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) E-mail this entry ...

Hurd's the word in Ballmer's e-mail nightmares
Betanews — ... to this litigation" -- three hours max, at Microsoft or off campus, during the workday or on the weekend, whatever it takes. Why so eager, when Ballmer has already said he doesn't know anything but what he was told about birthing Vista? Because, according to the filing, it's essentially impossible that he didn't know, not only because he was CEO of a company undertaking the largest software release in history, but because plenty of people were trying to tell him what was up. As first detailed in a report by TechFlash's Todd Bishop , Ron Boire, an executive vice president at ...