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From Midway to Xbox, The story of Seamus Blackley

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aye-capn'n-blackley dept.

Matey-O writes: "Red Herring has an interesting look at Seamus Blackley, the Man behind the Xbox, and what it took to bring the console to market." I like that this article points out the risks that Microsoft took by trying to enter a field with very established competition (and with mixed results, so far).

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  1. "...box that didn't run windows" by svara · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's not true... The XBox runs a stripped down version of Window 2000, as you can read at the Xbox-Linux site. These guys managed to get Apache running on that minimal W2k.

  2. Re:"Everything went great until it looked like... by roll_w.it · · Score: 2, Informative
    the demo froze" - glad to see M$ up to their old tricks again. ;o)
    My first thought too, But Mr. Blackley had only pressed the Pause button
  3. Re:actually 2 systems by Matey-O · · Score: 5, Informative
    damn, i wish i could mod that up
    Why? It's incorrect. The OS for the XBOX boots' from the INSIDE LAYER on the RIM of the DVD, counter to normal DVD's being read with sector 0 bein on the OUTSIDE layer at the innermost track on the disc.

    MOD THAT UP. It's accurate.

    --
    "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
  4. Re:wanna know why the xbox sux overseas? by Glonk · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ermm...I guess you didn't hear about Sega bringing the Xbox hardware to the arcades.

    IGN also has a writeup: http://xbox.ign.com/articles/099/099035p1.html