Class Action Suit Targets Vista Marketing.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      MICROSOFT Corp. 081466849 MSFT
    • Subject Terms:
      HANSON, Kenneth; KELLEY, Dianne
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that a U.S. federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit accusing Microsoft of deceptive marketing in connection with the company's Windows Vista Capable logo program. The suit, filed in 2007 by Dianne Kelley and Kenneth Hanson, claims that many personal computers (PC) stickered with the Windows Vista Capable logo can run only Vista Home Basic, which lacks the Aero graphical environment and other touted features of the new operating system. The plaintiffs contend that Microsoft knowingly set low standards for the awarding of the logo in order to boost sales of PCs during the holiday season before Windows Vista shipped to consumers in late January 2007.