Who Will Join Microsoft in the Portal Wars? 132
madman writes "In the light of the recent changes in the search war, like the Google/Dell partnership and eBay/Yahoo! alliance, Microsoft is facing a complicated question: Who are they going to ally with? Will they try to face the competition alone?"
Microsoft should use the X-Box model (Score:5, Interesting)
The writer of this article... (Score:4, Interesting)
Always play nice... (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously though, I'd kill to have Microsoft's problems though: having billions of cash on hand and shopping for that new toy.
They are all running scared (Score:3, Interesting)
Admin tools for Windows [intelliadmin.com]
Microsoft doesn't partner with folks it assimilate (Score:4, Interesting)
Anybody that partners with Microsoft is nuts -
Who has ever done it and lived to tell the tale?
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Re:Microsoft should use the X-Box model (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Which side? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Which side? (Score:2, Interesting)
Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch (MySpace.com)... I'm starting to see the wisdom in the earlier post about the dark side. Perhaps the forces of darkness will band together to fight?
Re:Which side? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:the Xbox model... (Score:2, Interesting)
Correct me if I'm wrong here but Oddworld Inhabitants were never bought by Microsoft. Munch's Oddysee was moved from a PS2 exclusive to an Xbox exclusive and Stranger's Wrath was cancelled for the PS2. Infact I do believe it was Oddworld's lack of support of Sony's machine that has caused the company to exit the gaming industry... [thehollywoodreporter.com]