[dba-Tech] The new XBox has been holding the gamer to ransom but

Hi Martin

Neither do I get it. Except that MSFT is just evil. 

I don't see why. In many  areas MS delivers superior software if not _the_
superior software. Regarding the current debate about multinational
companies not paying taxes, MS do pay their taxes here. I can even call MS
here and reach real employees, not just answering machines or frontline
clerks: 

  http://www.microsoft.com/da-dk/om/

Try that with Apple or Google (who doesn't publish phone numbers, nor even
e-mail addresses):

  http://www.google.dk/intl/da/contact/

Also MS is rated over and over again as one the best places to work which is
in strong contrast to the horror stories you hear about life in Apple.

To me, not being an owner of an Xbox, the new model with Hyper-V and
instantaneous switching between gaming and something else seems so smart
that you may wonder why no one have had that idea before.

/gustav


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Martin Reid
Sendt: 12. juni 2013 09:22
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] The new XBox has been holding the gamer to ransom but

You know this argument from some of you reminds me of the early days of the
peace process here. Being a nationalist community member the only thing that
would have made Unionists happy was if we had stripped naked and marched to
Downing Street on our Knees. No matter what was offered or done it made
little to no difference to some of them?

I get the same feeling here. No matter what MS do or don't do it will never
be enough for some of you. Well other than going out of existence. I really
cannot see what the problem is with this company that makes people hate it
so much.

Personally I don't care what software we use. The strategic direction we
have taken is MS. So what! It does what it says it will do and for us it
does it very very well, they are here when required to sort out what
doesn't. We have the good fortune to get very preferential pricing of course
which influences the choices, I grant that. 

Do we have issues yes of course we do and do those issues require extra
development effort yip they do but everything does anyway. We have yet to
meet an issue we cannot resolve and we support every browser under the sun.
Mobile devices of all sorts, email clients of all types and multiple
operating systems from server to client.

Oh and from what I hear from my kids and their mates the only issue they
have with XBOX 1 is the price. Not that it matters to them of course as I
will be paying for it should they upgrade!! Well santa will deliver it of
course!


Martin