Incredible. Microsoft board members and executives were "wringing their hands," in the words of Seattle-Post Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop, because they were aware that so-called Vista-Capable machines were anything but.

Internal memos reveal that the company hedged on requirements to help its corporate partners, irrespective of the impact to users. For instance, Microsoft executive John Kalkman explained that Microsoft "lowered the [Vista-capable] requirement to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics [chipset] embedded."

I hope Intel is as generous when it comes to bailing out Microsoft when it loses this class-action lawsuit.