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Allard 'Gets Real' With IGN

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the what-is-this-good-for-the-consumers-stuff dept.

schnikies79 writes "In an interview with IGN, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President Chief Architect J. Allard said he wants to work with competitors on the XBox 360. From the interview: 'I'm pro consumer on this one to the end,' says Allard. 'Anybody in my company who thought this was a bad idea to plug in Sony or Apple devices into this thing, I ended that conversation pretty quickly. This is the right thing to do for consumers. Once they invest $500 in their digital media library, you can't ask them to go buy a 360 music player and a 360 digital camera, and a 360...NO! They got their stuff. They're going to want to plug it in. We're going to be open here, guys. And if anything, I wish we could be more cooperative with the other companies that are doing those things. And if Sony or Apple were to call me up and say, "Hey, we want to some special things with the 360," I'm on it. I think it would not be in anybody's interest to say, we're not going to work with 360. It's good for them, it's good for us, and it's good for consumers.'"

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  1. Slashdotters Heads Explode! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And so Slashdotters rejoiced at Allards words. And so, Bill Gates fired Allard's ass for blasphemy. And so, Slashdotters felt sad for Allard but, then they thought, no a member of the Borg has been eliminated. It must be good. But, they felt bad. Then Slashdotters, faced with such a paradox, started to doubt their belief system.

    It all ended in a big explosion as the Slashdot groupthink community's collective heads exploded.

  2. Get some priorities, Slashdupe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    People are dying in a fucking hurricane, and all you bitches can say about it is "get real with IGN and some farktard guy we've never heard of"???


    I'm shocked and dismayed.


  3. just like politicians by vlad_petric · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The opposition (i.e. the ones who lost), are always the most patriotic, righteous, etc.

    --

    The Raven

  4. Great news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linux is still for fags.

  5. Re:With an Attitude Like That... by oscast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "which I think is a load of crock. "

    It's either a load of crap or a crock of shit. You can't mix the two.

    What is a load of crock?