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Published 11/15/2008 by
By Benjamin J. Romano
Seattle Times at Technology
Newly unsealed documents in a class-action lawsuit challenging Microsoft's practices for Windows Vista reveal that a controversial change made in the 'Windows Vista Capable' marketing program in early 2006 may have saved key partners, including Intel, billions of dollars in sales of soon-to-be-obsolete hardware.
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