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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Hit by Yet Another Class Action Lawsuit (2 Already)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Hit by Yet Another Class Action Lawsuit (2 Already)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:28:43 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Microsoft sued over Xbox 360 "red ring of death"

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| According to the writ, issued in the names of Christine Moskowitz and David 
| Wood, Microsoft rushed to market with the Xbox 360 but suffered 
| from "numerous hardware defects", known as the "red ring of death".  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41133

See Cringely's new remarks below (with text highlight). Perfect match.


Yesterday (yes, all in one day!):

Microsoft's game division suffers $1.89B shortfall

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| Among the grim financial figures were a few nuggets of interesting news. 
| Apparently the EDD is beefing up its staff, since the company's report says 
| that "headcount-related costs increased 15 percent [for the year], driven by 
| a 9 percent increase in headcount and an increase in salaries and benefits 
| for existing headcount, partially offset by a decrease in stock-based 
| compensation expense."     
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6175367.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews


Microsoft's Xbox 360 Problems Continue with New Failure Rate Information

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| A former EB Games employee has stated that out of all of the XBox 360 
| consoles he has sold for the last year, about 33 percent of those units have 
| been taken back to EB Games after the console  
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/309005/microsofts_xbox_360_problems_continue.html


Microsoft faces second class action lawsuit over scratched discs

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| In the second such lawsuit to be filed this month, Microsoft is facing legal 
| class action due to the Xbox 360's reported inclination to scratch game 
| discs. According to InformationWeek, the suit alleges that "Microsoft 
| improperly and/or negligently manufactured the Xbox 360 console in a manner 
| that causes the expensive game discs ... to be scratched, rendering the games 
| unusable."      
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http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/19/microsoft-faces-second-class-action-lawsuit-over-scratched-discs/


Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade

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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What 
| makes you single them out? 
| 
| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited 
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make 
| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.  
| 
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of 
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness? 
| 
| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is 
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who 
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal 
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the 
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced 
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable 
|                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are 
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are 
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the 
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about 
|                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| users.            
| ^^^^^
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html

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