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Microsoft Rumored To Buy Second Life

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-a-first-life dept.

Jamie noticed a rumor making the rounds: Microsoft buying Second Life. Nobody is confirming or denying anything, much less announcing anything sounding like a price. Or a reason why this makes any sense to anyone.

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  1. Re:Why the hell was this posted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are right. It's not news - it's Fox news. *ducks*

  2. Forced OS upgrades again? by vlm · · Score: 0, Troll

    I recall ye olden days when second life was first released, it was the first software I was aware of that required something "more than W98". I believe it required W2K or higher, in an era when "all" games etc worked just fine on W98. So I didn't bother using SL for a few years.

    Possibly the idea is to hack up SL until it wont work on anything except vista or something post-vista... Otherwise why would anyone upgrade their OS, other than the usual monopoly market manipulations...

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  3. Re:Why would MS do this? by trapnest · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Furry NSFW, Obviously.

  4. Re:Doesn't Really Make Sense For Microsoft by qoa · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad it's a complete bore to use, and has massive load times for a whole lot of nothing. It might be a "success" fiscally but wow is it bad.

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