Microsoft buys out Rare, Inc.
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Microsoft buys out Rare, Inc.
Rare, Inc. (The makes of Perfect Dark, Golden Eye), has been bought out by the XBox creator, Microsoft. Just for 300+ Million, Rare is now officially in association with Microsoft.
I wonder what this means for the next-next gen consoles from Nintendo? I highly doubt there will be a next nintendo system.
I wonder what this means for the next-next gen consoles from Nintendo? I highly doubt there will be a next nintendo system.
um
*tries not to cuss*
well they are money grabbing thieves with no concept of business ethics... the sale is all that matters...
besides teh fact that they have a habit of churning out poor quality software (tho it seems that it might have started improving some, its still over priced)
not to mention concepts like copyrighting etc
i could continue but i bore too easily
*tries not to cuss*
well they are money grabbing thieves with no concept of business ethics... the sale is all that matters...
besides teh fact that they have a habit of churning out poor quality software (tho it seems that it might have started improving some, its still over priced)
not to mention concepts like copyrighting etc
i could continue but i bore too easily
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That's kind of a funny thing to hear on a forum which deals mainly with an opensource piece of software...Takuma wrote:What's wrong with Microsoft people?
My hubbie is currently getting his PGCE (teaching cert) in IT - apparently it's all based around Microsoft technology (and the web design bit is supposed to be taught on FrontPage) so it's hardly surprising that a kid going to school in this country would say that. Open source software is not mentioned at all in the curriculum (at least not that he's found and he's been looking
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okay, write better software, write better languages, write better OS's, write more compatible applications. no, i don't see it happening.Coco wrote:um
*tries not to cuss*
well they are money grabbing thieves with no concept of business ethics... the sale is all that matters...
besides teh fact that they have a habit of churning out poor quality software (tho it seems that it might have started improving some, its still over priced)
not to mention concepts like copyrighting etc
i could continue but i bore too easily
hob_goblin: I don't understand your post. Are you saying that Microsoft has produced the best OSs to date [Mac OS X vs BSOD], the best compiler to date [intel, gcc vs vis studio], and the most open formats to date [try writing a program to handle word files - I dare you.]?
No, instead Microsoft writes solutions which attempt to lock out all others from interoperation and lock the customer into an upgrade cycle where he has no choice but to upgrade unnecessarily. Furthermore, they release only partial and incorrect information about how to use their buggy closed standards.
As an example, Office XP's file format could certainly be made backwards compatible with MS's earlier office suites. However, changing the file format means that anyone who wants to read Office XP files from another person needs Office XP (and don't tell me that you can save it in older formats. I bet you're gonna call up your client or your boss and say "hey, please save that file in another format because I'm too cheap to buy Office XP"). Therefore, the customer, who doesn't know about OpenOffice.org, who is unable to download a patch to office 2000 allowing him to read Office XP files because it doesn't exist, is forced to spend $450 on a new copy of Word. This practice is unfair, unneccesary, and contrary to phice's opinion (sorry phice), not "very nice" at all.
I hope I misinterpereted that you were saying that Microsoft writes the best software, and I have no intention of flaming (I just feel very strongly about this). So, exactly what is it you don't see happening, and why?
No, instead Microsoft writes solutions which attempt to lock out all others from interoperation and lock the customer into an upgrade cycle where he has no choice but to upgrade unnecessarily. Furthermore, they release only partial and incorrect information about how to use their buggy closed standards.
As an example, Office XP's file format could certainly be made backwards compatible with MS's earlier office suites. However, changing the file format means that anyone who wants to read Office XP files from another person needs Office XP (and don't tell me that you can save it in older formats. I bet you're gonna call up your client or your boss and say "hey, please save that file in another format because I'm too cheap to buy Office XP"). Therefore, the customer, who doesn't know about OpenOffice.org, who is unable to download a patch to office 2000 allowing him to read Office XP files because it doesn't exist, is forced to spend $450 on a new copy of Word. This practice is unfair, unneccesary, and contrary to phice's opinion (sorry phice), not "very nice" at all.
I hope I misinterpereted that you were saying that Microsoft writes the best software, and I have no intention of flaming (I just feel very strongly about this). So, exactly what is it you don't see happening, and why?
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i for one hateM$ but i also realize that i will never be ride of there proprietary {STUFF} (at least not for the time being). i suggest you read this : http://www.euronet.nl/users/frankvw/IhateMS.html I found it very informative reading. enjoy
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