Comments on: Microsoft CTO Jumps Ship http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/ Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-65213 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:01:01 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12565#comment-65213 <blockquote> There have been more fires than that. There have been several in Sweden alone. M$ had blamed the cables for the fires caused by faulty power supplies. </blockquote> You would not expect Microsoft to accept responsibility and thus fuel class action lawsuits. If you think that's bad, see <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/15/microsoft-gags-own-employees/" rel="nofollow">how Microsoft reacts to the problem</a>.

There have been more fires than that. There have been several in Sweden alone. M$ had blamed the cables for the fires caused by faulty power supplies.

You would not expect Microsoft to accept responsibility and thus fuel class action lawsuits.

If you think that’s bad, see how Microsoft reacts to the problem.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-65210 Needs Sunlight Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:54:58 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12565#comment-65210 There have been more fires than that. There have been several in Sweden alone. M$ had blamed the cables for the fires caused by faulty power supplies. Any progress the console made in the market was pure side effect. It looked like almost exclusively a testbed for DRMed systems on commodity hardware. A minor function would be to try to have an excuse to saturate the console adverting with M$ chaff and diffuse the focus on Wii and PS2/PS3. There have been more fires than that. There have been several in Sweden alone. M$ had blamed the cables for the fires caused by faulty power supplies.

Any progress the console made in the market was pure side effect. It looked like almost exclusively a testbed for DRMed systems on commodity hardware. A minor function would be to try to have an excuse to saturate the console adverting with M$ chaff and diffuse the focus on Wii and PS2/PS3.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-65199 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:37:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12565#comment-65199 See <a href="http://slated.org/microsoft_kills_baby" rel="nofollow">Microsoft's response to this incident</a>. See Microsoft’s response to this incident.

]]> By: Windefender http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-65197 Windefender Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:28:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12565#comment-65197 Xbox strategy = Windows as the base for future gaming consoles, control over platform technology, spread of DirectX. Risk: competitors with Linux based rich consoles and a DirectX replacement 1. Build and sell Xboxes 2. huge financial loss but gain of market share 3. ???? http://kotaku.com/263486/lawsuit-alleges-xbox-killed-baby Xbox strategy = Windows as the base for future gaming consoles, control over platform technology, spread of DirectX.

Risk: competitors with Linux based rich consoles and a DirectX replacement

1. Build and sell Xboxes
2. huge financial loss but gain of market share
3. ????

http://kotaku.com/263486/lawsuit-alleges-xbox-killed-baby

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-65172 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:47:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12565#comment-65172 Well, Microsoft borrows money now. Well, Microsoft borrows money now.

]]> By: Chips B Malroy http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/05/chris-satchell-leaves-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-65165 Chips B Malroy Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:21:08 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12565#comment-65165 So what was Microsoft’s XBox strategy? To me everything points to dumping the Xbox360 below cost to hurt Sony. Its right out of the Netscape strategy playbook of dumping a product below cost or giving it away to kill the competition. And it would have probably worked well too, if not for a couple of facts, one the Wii, and second the horrible engineering of the hardware of the Xbox360. Sony is losing over 1 billion dollars this year, or more, so the MS strategy is not without results. MS was counting on its pile of money to carry them though to outlasting Sony playstation, but that pile, is drying up now, perhaps. So what was Microsoft’s XBox strategy? To me everything points to dumping the Xbox360 below cost to hurt Sony. Its right out of the Netscape strategy playbook of dumping a product below cost or giving it away to kill the competition. And it would have probably worked well too, if not for a couple of facts, one the Wii, and second the horrible engineering of the hardware of the Xbox360. Sony is losing over 1 billion dollars this year, or more, so the MS strategy is not without results. MS was counting on its pile of money to carry them though to outlasting Sony playstation, but that pile, is drying up now, perhaps.

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