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How IBM Out-foxed Intel With The Xbox 360

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beat-them-to-the-punch dept.

xcaverx writes "Learning from failure is a hallmark of the technology business. Nick Baker, a 37-year-old system architect at Microsoft, knows that well. A British transplant at the software giant's Silicon Valley campus, he went from failed project to failed project in his career. He worked on such dogs as Apple Computer's defunct video card business, 3DO's failed game consoles, a chip startup that screwed up a deal with Nintendo, the never successful WebTV and Microsoft's canceled Ultimate TV satellite TV recorder. But Baker finally has a hot seller with the Xbox 360, Microsoft's video game console launched worldwide last holiday season."

6 of 327 comments (clear)

  1. well... by Burlap · · Score: 5, Funny

    successful X360 launch may be stretching it a bit neh?

  2. destiny by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! With a record like that he was destined to work for Microsoft.

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    This guy's the limit!
  3. Microsoft by thebdj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Turning failures into successes since Windows 95. *laugh people*

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    "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
  4. Aim High! by Rydia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am inspired- inspired!- by this man's ability to keep his chin up through it all, shoulder all the adversity, and successfully move from a series of abysmal failures to merely a catastrophic failure!

    My hat, sir, is off to you!

  5. Re:Outfoxed? by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your nick and post are well-coordinated.

    Thanks :-)

    (I am single handedly trying to save /. with this handle)

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    There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
  6. Oops. by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Larry Yang-all dictated what Microsoft needed this time around.

    They couldn't be late. They had to make hardware that could become much cheaper over time and had to pack as much performance into a game console as they could without overheating the box.

    "Unfortunately, Larry Yang did not explicitly forbid overheating the power supply"