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This is a reply I made to someone's post in New Mombasa. After I was reading though it I thoungh to myself... "self, wouldn't this be an great topic to be discussed as a subject in The Flood form?" To which I replied "Why yes, I think this would be an excellent topic to discuss in The Flood forum!"

So, without further ado, here it is. The reply; the subject; I quote myself. Do read on...



"Microsoft owns Bungie and Bungie must does what Microsoft tells them to do. But how well Bungie makes the game is up them. Microsoft would have forced Bungie to finally come up with a release date for Halo 2 (even though they were giving Bungie all time they needed... eventually they would have to force them after so long), and for all we know, Microsoft probably did force them to make a release date, AND Microsoft probably picked the release for them or, perhaps, worked out the release with Bungie.

Oh yes, did I mention that Microsoft is greedy and a bit evil as well (and, well, I'm evil too... but not nasty evil like Microsoft). So anyway, I used to not really think so bad about Microsoft UNTIL they ditched the developers who are behind the Oddworld series (perhaps you've heard?). So yeah, Micro[color=green]$[/color]oft didn't make all the [color=green]money[/color] that they wanted so they cut the string on them and some other guys like, say for instance Blinx and other platformers. Trust me.

"So anywho, Stranger, by Oddworld Inhabitants, was originally going to be an Xbox only title UNTIL... well... you know. But Microsoft did at least say that they did want Stranger on their [color=green]$[/color]y[color=green]$[/color]tem and would at least help them to find another publihser. So the creative developers at Oddworld Inhabitants went searching and finally found one true hero, like abe. Their name? Electronic Arts! An unlikely publisher... just like Abe was an unlikely hero. And like Abe, I still have a scar from what Microsoft did . Thanks a lot Micro[color=green]$[/color]ft!"



So, do you think Microsoft is evil?... Well, I think so. And I think even Bungie could agree. Don't you agree?...

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Twisted Chains


[Edited on 7/28/2004 6:43:13 PM]

  • 07.28.2004 6:26 PM PDT
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of cours microsoft is evil but dont worry bungie will end up bying them one day

  • 07.28.2004 6:29 PM PDT
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Microsoft isn't evil, they're just trying to do what's best for their compeny. I don't get why some people think that if your rich your evil! ? How does that make them evil? They did hard work and they profit from it.

  • 07.28.2004 6:31 PM PDT
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Microsoft isn't foolish.

The predicted earnings for Halo 2 well pay for any extra time it might take to make.

  • 07.28.2004 6:32 PM PDT
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Apologies for constant editint to the post. I had to go back to copy and paste from the edit from the New Mombasa reply instead of the reply the rest of the public sees (if you get me) and some other things...

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  • 07.28.2004 6:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: jar head
of cours microsoft is evil but dont worry bungie will end up bying them one day


That's not very likely.

  • 07.28.2004 6:34 PM PDT
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Microsoft is only evil if you are:

A: Communist.
B: Are so computer-inept that you can't/too lazy to use Linux.

  • 07.28.2004 6:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: The Elite_elite
Microsoft isn't evil, they're just trying to do what's best for their compeny. I don't get why some people think that if your rich your evil! ? How does that make them evil? They did hard work and they profit from it.


They are evil for not having more faith in Oddworld Inhabitants (remember that's just ONE thing!) They bought them the first time around because they felt they could make a lot of [color=green]profit[/color] from them. But when they couldn't first time around they flushed Inhabitants down the pooper... just not completely because Stranger will be on Xbox (and PS2). Not to mention they kicked Psychonauts before it even had a chance to prove itself.

Now how is that not evil?...

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  • 07.28.2004 6:40 PM PDT

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Well DUH Of course Microsoft is evil, didn't you see Bill Gates on the Simpsons??

"Buy him out boys!"
"You don't think I got this rich by writing checks?"

  • 07.28.2004 8:39 PM PDT
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Well DUH Of course Microsoft is evil, didn't you see Bill Gates on the Simpsons??

"Buy him out boys!"
"You don't think I got this rich by writing checks?"


No, I'm afraid I did not see that episode. Which one was that?...

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  • 07.28.2004 11:12 PM PDT

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Homer started an Internet business, called something like HyperGlobalMegaMedia, it didn't do anything, and Homer didn't even have a computer. But Bill Gates heard about it and decided to buy him out.
Buy Him Out = Having hired goons trash homers office. (Or Hired Thugs if you prefer, I just like the word 'Goons')

  • 07.28.2004 11:19 PM PDT
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but Bill Gates is the man.

  • 07.29.2004 12:00 AM PDT
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I would say them squashing competition would put them in the evil category. The Xbox 2 isn't getting an ATI graphics chip because it's better, but because of NVIDIA’s support for OpenGL graphics rendering which can work on Linux where as Microsoft would rather all games use DirectX. Cleaver or evil depends on what side of the fence you're on.

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Well it is the (Direct)X-Box

  • 07.29.2004 4:08 AM PDT

Well, I'm not sure whether constantly flaunting breaches of anti-trust laws counts as evil, likewise holding back the technology industry's development by using brute market tactics to crush any competition, as well as forcing others to comply with technologies that are inferior in almost every way to the industry standards (case in point: WMA audio format - Dolby's AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) compresses audio at a higher quality to smaller file sizes, and yet they all but force companies to support the WMA format. This is not good for the industry). Oh, and there's that whole security issue with their operating system, but let's not go there.

And ajenteks, don't try and pull that "Communist" thing on me because I dislike Microsoft. I'm as conservative as they come, and I don't want to see this thread break out into a political discussion.

One final comment, to Dead_meat; I don't think OpenGL support is the issue MS has with Nvidia. My Mac has an ATI card in it, and it exclusively runs OpenGL graphics, since DirectX isn't Mac-compatible.

- Reiginko

[Edited on 7/29/2004 5:59:12 AM]

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Sniff Sniff -- I smell a Mac User... Proprietary equipment, low Third party support. HE IS A MAC USER!!

(But no viruses and much more stable - Don't yell at me Reiginko:-) )

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Posted by: Reiginko
One final comment, to Dead_meat; I don't think OpenGL support is the issue MS has with Nvidia. My Mac has an ATI card in it, and it exclusively runs OpenGL graphics, since DirectX isn't Mac-compatible.

- Reiginko
Yea and how much market share of PC's does Apple have? 5%? Linux can run openGL games on PC's not Proprietary hardware like Apple. Apple is never going to be a threat to Windows because of its Apple OS cost and need for Proprietary hardware.

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Ironically enough, if it hadn't been for the Mac (or the Lucy) Microsoft probably wouldn't have a 10th of the market they currently control...

  • 07.29.2004 3:35 PM PDT