There is some truth to that that the Chairman of SEGA went to microsoft and begged them xbox dreamcast compatible but microsoft said no. Probably because it would need to run wince which microsoft knew was shit. http://kotaku.com/5447897/how-xbox-could-have-helped-the-dreamcast-survive
After the Dreamcast got discontinued. miccrosoft snapped up a SEGA executive to head their xbox marketing and promotion department.
They made their mistake before pissing off Newell and making him leave microsoft. When he did, he founded steam along with another ex microsoft employee.
Wouldn't that make them pure assbattery?
Or they just keep throwing money at their turd products no matter how much money it loses until it becomes successful eg xbox
I am an Aussie and I am glad if this will get these companies off facebook and run their own services. I am sick and tired of companies blackmailing their customers for a "like" to get their advertising.
Good to see more manufacturers jumping on the pcb computer craze. So long as these can't run windows (which microsoft wouldnt do since it would eat into their profits), Linux marketshare will only grow. (I'm counting Android as Linux too).
It looks very probable that these pcb computers will be the starting point towards building smart automated appliances in the home.
I hate how I can't access some sites, pay more for some services (eg steam, adobe) or get inferior counterparts eg (low quality steams).
This would kinda screw up agreements where IP isnt licensed for use in Australia or say censored/not released here yet but it would sure make a lot of Australians happy.
I dont know why but they seriously made me laugh out loud. lol. good job.
How did I miss the office bug. That one burnt them so bad. In fact for me it discouraged me from upgrading office (I was a student back then so I didn't have to send much money to ms) because I knew if I stayed with the older version I would be able to open all my own files perfectly while if I upgraded I was taking a risk especially with my financial stuff.
Add to that:
Stupid ms plugin that automatically added itself to Firefox and wouldn't install. oops said ms. Mozilla had to release a hotfix to disable the plugin for all users.
hotmail not working properly for Opera users. A bug made hotmail keep sending an incomplete file to Opera browsers. the developers of operas first alerted ms and then sent them a physical letter. Both were ignored.
ms crying for interoperability in the early msn days and then when msn got king marketshare, third party chat programs would be mysteriously locked out when they tried to access msn chat servers.
ms is at it again with windows rt
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/is-microsoft-blocking-chrome-and-firefox-from-native-windows-rt-a-big-deal/2375
Everytime I installed windows 95/98 and having to get rid of that stupid icon from the desktop and then from the ie bookmarks which were included even up to win 7. FInally that stupid icon is going to die away.
Why yes. Funny you should ask that.
No. So back off Apple!
Being such a influential and powerful person, it is unfortunate that as president Jefferson didn't go on to dismantle the patent system since he saw for himself that 'useful improvements should be shared without restraint".
It would have saved us all from the broken system we have today where big corps sue each other until one leaves or theres a cross licensing agreement in place to block new players from entering the market.
Playstation Network already has something similar to this. You buya game new and it comes with downloadable content (DLC). If you sell the disc the buyer can play the game but he doesnt get the DLC because it is tied to your account.
One way around this and the RandomApp Pro problem and selling steam games is to make a throwaway steam/psn/email account and give that away with whatever it is you're selling.
We have a equal opportunity Calculus class -- it's fully integrated.
