Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 06 September 2006 17:57 \__
>
>> begin oe_protect.scr
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Microsoft boss slams old boy's network
>>>
>>> Top Vole comes out biting
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| She said that they are more focused on building silo-type empires
>>>| based around ineffective "sticking plaster" technology projects. She told
>>>| the nation that embracing effective technology, not simply shaking hands
>>>| with it was a more effective way for the country to shake off that
>>>| mediocrity.
>>>|
>>>| She said that Microsoft had the 'ultimate responsibility' to drive
>>>| New Zealand's success by helping companies move along.
>>>|
>>>| "We don't dictate Microsoft-based technology. We recommend that standards
>>>| are adhered to so we do have systems that communicate, and we are
>>>| continuously developing to help other platforms inter-operate."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34171
>>>
>>> OMG. Read that last paragraph again.
>>
>> It is almost beyond the bounds of any credibility, isn't it? /Other/
>> platforms to interoperate? They interoperate rather well at the moment,
>> I think...
>
> This reminds me of the time when Oliver Wong said that DirectX is
> 'interoperable'. It works on Windows and XBox *gasp* . He later said it was
> sarcasm, indicated by the scare quotes. While it may seem sarcastic,
Yet you had nothing to say when Rex and Thad was telling us how "most
games" are written with an OpenGL core? Doublestandards? Surely not?
> Microsoft continues to use these lies, arguing that its dream of having a
> purely Windows world (the Grant Monopoly) would solve all the business
> world's problems. Never mind SPAM and viruses which would percolate even
> more effectively, owing to complete monoculture based upon buggy
> closed-source code.
BTW, A tweeaked Direct X 9 does work on X-BOX. Its vistas Dx10 which
doesnt. A bad move by MS in my view.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
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