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Post #218,946 by a6l6e6x 8/12/05 12:28:21 AM Reply	Squeezing the XBox accessory makers. [link\|http://news.com.com/Digging+profits+out+of+Xbox/2100-1043_3-5827110.html\|News.com]: Only accessory makers that get Microsoft's blessing and fork over a slice of their sales to the software maker will be able to produce Xbox 360 game pads, steering wheels, joysticks and other controllers. In addition, in order to ensure that only authorized products connect to the new console, Microsoft is adding a security mechanism that will be available exclusively to those who sign a deal with the company, according to documents from a peripheral company filed with the SEC. The Xbox 360 console, announced in May, is slated to go on sale this holiday season. Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #218,955 by Andrew Grygus 8/12/05 2:45:00 AM Reply	Heh, Heh, Heh . . . . . . let 'em learn the true meaning of "Microsoft Partner". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #218,961 by ben_tilly 8/12/05 2:58:22 AM Reply	"What do you call a Microsoft partner?" "Screwed" Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #219,018 by Andrew Grygus 8/12/05 11:44:07 AM Reply	The phrase I've been using for years . . . . . "A victim they haven't gotten to yet", may have to be retired soon for lack of victims they haven't gotten to. The SMB accounting partners, vertical market developers and enterprise CRM partners all got their notice in the last few months. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #219,076 by Ashton 8/12/05 4:17:12 PM Reply	But when everyone's been screwed Wouldn't that make Billy The Father of His Country? (Perhaps the only Earned-title ever)
Post #219,089 by ben_tilly 8/12/05 5:35:32 PM 8/12/05 5:36:26 PM Reply	Not if he's sterile... I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother) Edited by ben_tilly Aug. 12, 2005, 05:36:26 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #218,963 by pwhysall 8/12/05 3:12:56 AM Reply	At the end of the day... ...the world is going to go out and buy PlayStation 3s. Well, The World - me. I'm going to get a Nintendo. My GameCube experience has been fantabulous. Well, with the exception of Extreme G Racing; a very competent game, but oddly soulless. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #219,124 by Meerkat 8/13/05 12:24:08 AM Reply	Another vote here for the GameCube. Maligned, but fab!fff Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

Squeezing the XBox accessory makers. - (a6l6e6x) - (7) - Aug. 12, 2005, 12:28:21 AM EDT

Heh, Heh, Heh . . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Aug. 12, 2005, 02:45:00 AM EDT

"What do you call a Microsoft partner?" - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2005, 02:58:22 AM EDT

The phrase I've been using for years . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2005, 11:44:07 AM EDT

But when everyone's been screwed - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2005, 04:17:12 PM EDT

Not if he's sterile... -NT - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 12, 2005, 05:36:26 PM EDT

At the end of the day... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2005, 03:12:56 AM EDT

Another vote here for the GameCube. Maligned, but fab!fff -NT - (Meerkat) - Aug. 13, 2005, 12:24:08 AM EDT

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