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Why Microsoft Got Into the Console Business

Posted by samzenpus on from the origin-story dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Joachim Kempin, former vice president of Windows Sales, has explained how the original Xbox came to be. It turns out it was Sony's fault, simply because the Japanese company wasn't very friendly towards Microsoft, and Microsoft eventually decided they had to 'stop Sony.' Apparently, long before the Xbox was even an idea, Microsoft was trying to collaborate with Sony in a number of areas they thought there was overlap. That collaboration was sought before even Sony had a games console coming to market, and would have focused on products for the entertainment sector."

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  1. Re:Xbox Subscription by exomondo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    One must own a Gold membership (about $5/month)

    Holy crap! 5 whole dollars per month?!

  2. Re:I remember a story when I worked at Microsoft.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The only Linux based operating systems that are successful is Android, Red Hat and whatever Linux distro IBM is backing. All are funded and marketed by large corporations.

    Most people don't use Bittorrent and those that do primarily use it for piracy. That's not something to brag about. Also, as I remember, Bittorrent sold out.

    TCP/IP was developed by DARPA and popularized by Microsoft and Apple. Without the latter two, nobody would be using it.

    HTML was developed at CERN and popularized by Microsoft, Apple and Netscape. Again, without the corporations, nobody would be using it.

    Truth stings, doesn't it zealot?