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Re: [News] [Rival] One Man Had 8 Broken XBox 360s from Microsoft

____/ [H]omer on Monday 25 June 2007 09:58 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> 
>> Owner of eight failed Xbox 360 explains failures
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | And although console gamers usually don’t come with the geeky and
>> | techie know-how of Banzai Runner hobbyists, an owner of eight failed
>> | Xbox 360s finally tapped into his inner geek and got the problem of
>> | the Xbox 360 issues down pat.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.kilegates.com/owner-of-eight-failed-xbox-360-explains-failures/
> 
> The linked article [1] is very revealing of Microsoft's denialist
> attitude, i.e. avoid the question, deny there's a problem, drown out the
> issues with PR gobbledegook. The article reads like this (parodied):
> 
> Dean Takahashi: What about the high failure rate?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
> Dean Takahashi: But what about those with repeat failures?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
> Dean Takahashi: Why have you changed the warranties?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
> Dean Takahashi: How many units have failed so far?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
> Dean Takahashi: If you were dying of cancer, and the Pope came to give
>                 you the Last Rights, what would you say to him?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
> Dean Takahashi: Admit it, you're just a freakin' robot, aren't you?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
> Dean Takahashi: How many fingers am I holding up?
> Todd Holmdahl:  People love the Xbox.
> 
>> No wonders the project is bleeding $billions and still losing
>> hundreds of $millions every quarter.
> 
> They have no minds of their own with which to think, so they don't see
> the problems. Zombies building zombies.
> 
> [1]
>
http://www.qj.net/Todd-Holmdahl-talks-Xbox-360-failure-rates-says-people-love-the-box/pg/49/aid/95370

Recall just a fragment:

Gates deposition videos

,----[ Quote ]
| Boies: Do you remember that in January, 1996, a lot of OEMs were
| bundling non-Microsoft browsers?
| 
| Gates: I'm not sure.
| 
| Boies: What were the non-Microsoft browsers that you were
| concerned about in January of 1996?
| 
| Gates: What's the question? You're trying to get me to recall
| what other browsers I was thinking about when I wrote that sentence?
| 
| Boies: No, because you've told me that you don't know what you
| were thinking about when you wrote that sentence.
| 
| Gates: Right.
| 
| Boies: What I'm trying to do is get you to tell me what
| non-Microsoft browsers you were concerned about in January of
| 1996. If it had been only one, I probably would have used the
| name of it. Instead I seem to be using the term non-Microsoft
| browsers. My question is what non-Microsoft browsers were you 
| concerned about in January of 1996?
| 
| Gates: I'm sure -- what's the question? Is it -- are you asking
| me about when I wrote this e-mail or what are you asking me about?
| 
| Boies: I'm asking you about January of 1996.
| 
| Gates: That month?
| 
| Boies: Yes, sir.
| 
| Gates: And what about it?
| 
| Boies: What non-Microsoft browsers were you concerned about in
| January of 1996?
| 
| Gates: I don't know what you mean "concerned."
| 
| Boies: What is it about the word "concerned" that you don't
| understand?
| 
| Gates: I'm not sure what you mean by it. 
`----

http://wincent.com/a/about/wincent/weblog/archives/2007/02/gates_depositio.php


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