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____/ Linonut on Tuesday 09 September 2008 13:51 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> In-depth exposé reveals Microsoft?s Xbox 360 failure rate was 68%
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>>| Microsoft?s attitude of ?release now and patch later? with the Xbox 360 has
>>| ended up costing billions of dollars as well as leaving many gamers angry.
>>| It is also speculated the reason for Microsoft?s decline in worldwide sales
>>| is directly attributed to the Red Ring of Death issue.
>> `----
>>
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http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/09/06/in-depth-expos-reveals-microsofts-xbox-360-failure-rate-was-68/
>
> Takahashi gives an overview on how Microsoft Execs knowingly gave the
> go ahead for production of the Xbox 360 despite being aware of the
> high failure rate. It was all due to a race to beat Sony to the
> market for control of the living room.
>
> "Does it boot, Steve?"
>
> "It do, Bill!"
>
> "Ship it!"
>
> Anyway, Microsoft has some real issues. Luckily for them, they have a
> big presence and a lot of fat to live off of.
>
> "What do you think of the execution of the Vista team, Bill?"
>
> "Sounds like a good idea to me, Steve."
http://slated.org/microsoft_kills_baby
- --
"There's a lot of Linux out there -- much more than Microsoft generally signals
publicly -- and their customers are using it..." --Paul DeGroot, a Directions
On Microsoft analyst.
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