All of us adore the cool hi-res images that come with Vista - we all love the images for it’s rich quality. Here’s an interesting story behind it.

It’s about the two stock images giants - Getty and Corbis. Getty is the current market leader in stock images while Corbis is the next big player around. Now, Corbis is an interesting pedigree - it belongs to the Microsoft family for the reason that Bill Gates owns it. The two(G and C) are famous for their competition and the cold war between the two.

Apparently, it would be any body’s guess that the images selected for use in the Microsoft Windows Vista collection would be from their own offspring - Corbis. But hey, wait a minute!

Bill Gates decided that a major number of images featured on the Windows Vista installation collection be taken from Getty ! Out of the 12 images, 11 are credited to Getty. This is a move from Microsoft that raised many eye brows. Why would they buy images from their competitor agency when they have their own in-house one?

Here are the image names and their credits

Gerber daisy image: © Microsoft Corporation
Goldfish image: © GK Hart/Vikki Hart/The Image Bank/Getty Images
Sports image: © Ian Mckinnell/Photographer’s Choice/Getty Images
Robot image: © CSA Plastock/Getty Images
Puppy image: © GK & Vikki Hart/Iconica/Getty Images
Chess image: © Gregor Schuster/Iconica/Getty Images
Kitten image: © Peter Cade/Stone/Getty Images
Energy image: © Michael Banks/Stone+/Getty Images
Starfish image: © Wolcott Henry/National Geographic/Getty Images
Green leaf image: © Joel Sartore/National Geographic/Getty Images
Bonsai image: © DAJ/Getty Images
Bass Clef image: © Darren Hopes/Digital Vision/Getty Images

What made him make this move? No answers yet - guess Bill’s been missing the lime light these days.

Thanks - Stockphototalk

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