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04-05-2011, 11:15 PM
Anybody remember this 1? Last February — when Microsoft was fending off Vista complaints (legal and otherwise) left and right — Emma Alvarado sued the company for using its monopoly power to force her to pay to downgrade from Vista to XP on a new laptop.On February 22, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington agreed with Microsoft and dismissed Alvarado;s amended complaint – which seemingly added Windows 7 (http://www.windows7key.eu/) to the list of available operating systems from which Alavarado was unhappy about having to choose for her Lenovo PC.The original complaint stated that:“Consumers have encountered numerous problems using the Vista operating system, and these problems have been widely publicized in various media outlets. As a result, many consumers would prefer to purchase a new computer pre-installed with the Windows XP operating system or at least not pre-installed with the Vista operating system. However,Windows 7 (http://www.key-windows-7.de/), Microsoft has used its market power to take advantage of consumer demand for the Windows XP operating system by requiring consumers to purchase computers pre-installed with the Vista operating system and to pay additional sums to ‘downgrade’ to the Windows XP operating system.”Alvarado purchased her PC from Lenovo but Lenovo wasn;t named as a codefendant.According to the order granting motion to dismiss, U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman said Alvarado didn;t prove Microsoft;s “unjust enrichment” under the terms of the Washington Consumer Protection Act. “(S)he has failed to show Microsoft retained a benefit without providing value,Office 2007 Professional (http://www.office-2007-key.co.uk/),” the judge said in her order.When I wrote about this case a year ago,Office 2007 Professional (http://www.office2007key.in/), a number of users were interested in downgrading to XP. These days,Office 2007 Serial (http://www.office2007-key.us/), some still are, but far fewer… Is this 1 of those “what a difference a year makes” situations,Office 2007 Professional (http://www.office2007key.ca/), in your view? Or do you think Alvarado raised/raises some legitimate complaints?