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NARUTO

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"Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 02:28

Hey, this is a great penality, 497 000 000 Euros to pay this is quite big. (euro = dollar US) But did you think that all those little problems that Micro$soft have this time will put the X-box2 in jeopardy??

there is this bib penality.
The X-box branch of Micro$oft have a 17 000 000 dollars under zero.
The X-box lost one of his father since Ed fries quit Micro$oft and say that he wasn't interested in a X-box2.
all the major titlle of the box are canceled, delayed, or changed:
Fable is delayed and won't be Online based at all, so no multi-player.
Rare have made nothing, even Ed fries said that Perfect dark or Banjo, are taking to much time.
and if we add that at the beginning Gates said that if the box won't be a true sucsess he won't make a 2nd one...
what did you think all those???

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hikarutilmitt
177th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(1):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 02:38

quote:
Hey, this is a great penality, 497 000 000 Euros to pay this is quite big. (euro = dollar US) But did you think that all those little problems that Micro$soft have this time will put the X-box2 in jeopardy??

there is this bib penality.
The X-box branch of Micro$oft have a 17 000 000 dollars under zero.
The X-box lost one of his father since Ed fries quit Micro$oft and say that he wasn't interested in a X-box2.
all the major titlle of the box are canceled, delayed, or changed:
Fable is delayed and won't be Online based at all, so no multi-player.
Rare have made nothing, even Ed fries said that Perfect dark or Banjo, are taking to much time.
and if we add that at the beginning Gates said that if the box won't be a true sucsess he won't make a 2nd one...
what did you think all those???

I'm not trying to flame/troll here, but what exactly is the fascination with putting a dollar sign in Microsoft? I mean, I understand the connection and concept, but why is it still popular? I see people do the same thing to Sony. To me it looks, well, lame... >_>

NARUTO

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(2):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 02:43

quote:
I'm not trying to flame/troll here, but what exactly is the fascination with putting a dollar sign in Microsoft? I mean, I understand the connection and concept, but why is it still popular? I see people do the same thing to Sony. To me it looks, well, lame... >_>

IMO it's just for fun...

shyeim
149th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(1):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 02:52

quote:
Hey, this is a great penality, 497 000 000 Euros to pay this is quite big. (euro = dollar US) But did you think that all those little problems that Micro$soft have this time will put the X-box2 in jeopardy??

there is this bib penality.
The X-box branch of Micro$oft have a 17 000 000 dollars under zero.
The X-box lost one of his father since Ed fries quit Micro$oft and say that he wasn't interested in a X-box2.
all the major titlle of the box are canceled, delayed, or changed:
Fable is delayed and won't be Online based at all, so no multi-player.
Rare have made nothing, even Ed fries said that Perfect dark or Banjo, are taking to much time.
and if we add that at the beginning Gates said that if the box won't be a true sucsess he won't make a 2nd one...
what did you think all those???

It's only 1% from their budget, so don't worry about their financial situation. EU should fine Nintendo too with their monopoly position(price for GB SP in Europe($170).

NARUTO

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(2):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 03:01

quote:
It's only 1% from their budget, so don't worry about their financial situation. EU should fine Nintendo too with their monopoly position(price for GB SP in Europe($170).

what! Only 1%!! well in this case they fear nothing....

EddyT

260th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(3):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 03:10

Didn't MS already get out of a lawsuit in the US about monopolization? If so, I don't think it'd be any different in Europe... they'd probably get out of this predictament too.

Oroch

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"Re(4):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 04:20:

quote:
Didn't MS already get out of a lawsuit in the US about monopolization? If so, I don't think it'd be any different in Europe... they'd probably get out of this predictament too.

itll be a long time before ms starts to run out of money

a long long time

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[this message was edited by Oroch on Thu 25 Mar 04:21]

VManOfMana

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Silver Customer

"Re(4):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 07:21

quote:
Didn't MS already get out of a lawsuit in the US about monopolization? If so, I don't think it'd be any different in Europe... they'd probably get out of this predictament too.

The situation is different. Microsoft did well in the US because of Bush's conservative, pro-corporativism policy, which was reflected in the supreme court. Besides, Microsoft was a big supporter of Bush's campaign. Microsoft was found guilty for unfair business practices, but the problem came when "punishing" Microsoft, which was a joke thanks to Bush.

The idea of "Micro$oft" comes from the concept that they are a monopoly, and that they use their market power to do things with an unfair advantage. In other words, MS represents the the epitome of money > quality. Windows XP has a similar joke title: "Xtra Profit".

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VManOfMana

358th Post

Silver Customer

"Re(5):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 07:33

One of the many examples:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/24/technology/24soft.html

In summary: Pen Computing could have been a reality at least a decade ago. Thanks to Microsoft's practices, it didn't happen - if it wasn't them it was no one.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"

Ishmael

1267th Post

Red Carpet Executive Member

"Re(1):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 09:11

quote:
Hey, this is a great penality, 497 000 000 Euros to pay this is quite big. (euro = dollar US) But did you think that all those little problems that Micro$soft have this time will put the X-box2 in jeopardy??

there is this bib penality.
The X-box branch of Micro$oft have a 17 000 000 dollars under zero.
The X-box lost one of his father since Ed fries quit Micro$oft and say that he wasn't interested in a X-box2.
all the major titlle of the box are canceled, delayed, or changed:
Fable is delayed and won't be Online based at all, so no multi-player.
Rare have made nothing, even Ed fries said that Perfect dark or Banjo, are taking to much time.
and if we add that at the beginning Gates said that if the box won't be a true sucsess he won't make a 2nd one...
what did you think all those???

Xbox losses nearly doubled

Microsoft won't be squeezed by record fine

I'm not saying anything one way or the other about Microsoft but if the company is sitting on $50 billion in cash and bringing in more every day it's not surprising they can afford to make no profit on the Xbox yet still put out the Xbox2. I do wonder, however, if MS plans on actually making money on the Xbox2 or not.

jmcc
16th Post

New Customer

"Re(2):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 09:49

quote:
I do wonder, however, if MS plans on actually making money on the Xbox2 or not.

I believe I read an article where MS stated that if they didn't see a profit with the Xbox2 they were pulling out of the console market (hence the cost cutting measures, such as the removal of the hard drive.)

Minuteman
134th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(5):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 17:27

quote:

itll be a long time before ms starts to run out of money

a long long time

Yup - about $60 Billion(US) in cash reserves...not going away anytime soon...

Dante
0th Post

New Customer

"Re(1):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 18:26

quote:
Windows XP has a similar joke title: "Xtra Profit".

Notepad is a little better in XP.

I am more worried about Wal-Mart's monopoly and its effects on the economy rather than Microsoft's, although both should be done away with.

VManOfMana

360th Post

Silver Customer

"Re(2):Micro$oft in the Red???" , posted Thu 25 Mar 20:29

quote:
Hey, this is a great penality, 497 000 000 Euros to pay this is quite big. (euro = dollar US) But did you think that all those little problems that Micro$soft have this time will put the X-box2 in jeopardy??

there is this bib penality.
The X-box branch of Micro$oft have a 17 000 000 dollars under zero.
The X-box lost one of his father since Ed fries quit Micro$oft and say that he wasn't interested in a X-box2.
all the major titlle of the box are canceled, delayed, or changed:
Fable is delayed and won't be Online based at all, so no multi-player.
Rare have made nothing, even Ed fries said that Perfect dark or Banjo, are taking to much time.
and if we add that at the beginning Gates said that if the box won't be a true sucsess he won't make a 2nd one...
what did you think all those???
Xbox losses nearly doubled

Microsoft won't be squeezed by record fine

I'm not saying anything one way or the other about Microsoft but if the company is sitting on $50 billion in cash and bringing in more every day it's not surprising they can afford to make no profit on the Xbox yet still put out the Xbox2. I do wonder, however, if MS plans on actually making money on the Xbox2 or not.

Actually, Microsoft makes profit only out of two products: Windows and Office.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"