If you consider the number of AAA titles that are release exclusively for xbox, then it is pretty clear that MS must have done something right.
My second 360 is now worshiping at the altar of the ring of death gods. My first went seven days after I purchased it, during a nonstop weekend of Gears, they replaced it immediately. I expected my second request for a replacement/repair to be shut down quick smart, but my 360 is currently undergoing a resurrection at MS HQ (or whoever they use in oz). It is ages out of warranty yet they are still happy to repair it. Nice one brother!
People can bitch and moan all they like about how design defects shouldn't make it into production, but this shit happens. Whether it is because of a tactical decision or just sheer stupidity, doesn't really matter as long as they deal sensibly with the consequences. I can't fault MS's after market service, save for the dodgy Indian call centre experience.
Now I loath IE, Office, XP and Vista is much as the next/.er, but the range of titles, the ergonomics of the 360 controller and the sheer enjoyment I have derived from my 360 means I will be a fanboy for a long time to come. It is a quality product, albeit executed poorly.
This is absolutely right! Until Google can guarantee the privacy of correspondence, businesses are unlikely to shift away from maintaining their own mail servers.
The risk of litigation from clients whose personal details are transmitted via a third party is too signficant for businesses to ignore. Consider the amount of information that circulates around internal email servers behind the firewall of many SMEs.
The gmail solution may be great for people content with having their data being read by third parties, but privacy obligations of businesses to their clients, in Australia and elsewhere, would eliminate this as an option.
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If you consider the number of AAA titles that are release exclusively for xbox, then it is pretty clear that MS must have done something right. My second 360 is now worshiping at the altar of the ring of death gods. My first went seven days after I purchased it, during a nonstop weekend of Gears, they replaced it immediately. I expected my second request for a replacement/repair to be shut down quick smart, but my 360 is currently undergoing a resurrection at MS HQ (or whoever they use in oz). It is ages out of warranty yet they are still happy to repair it. Nice one brother! People can bitch and moan all they like about how design defects shouldn't make it into production, but this shit happens. Whether it is because of a tactical decision or just sheer stupidity, doesn't really matter as long as they deal sensibly with the consequences. I can't fault MS's after market service, save for the dodgy Indian call centre experience. Now I loath IE, Office, XP and Vista is much as the next /.er, but the range of titles, the ergonomics of the 360 controller and the sheer enjoyment I have derived from my 360 means I will be a fanboy for a long time to come. It is a quality product, albeit executed poorly.
Please mod parent up. It appears to be the only sensible comment that actually relates to TFA.
This is absolutely right! Until Google can guarantee the privacy of correspondence, businesses are unlikely to shift away from maintaining their own mail servers. The risk of litigation from clients whose personal details are transmitted via a third party is too signficant for businesses to ignore. Consider the amount of information that circulates around internal email servers behind the firewall of many SMEs. The gmail solution may be great for people content with having their data being read by third parties, but privacy obligations of businesses to their clients, in Australia and elsewhere, would eliminate this as an option.