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____/ Quantum Leaper on Monday 03 May 2010 16:19 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Judge Won't Dismiss Antitrust Charges Against Microsoft For
>> Breaking 3rd Party Xbox Memory Cards
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>>> You may remember back in October of last year
>>> that Microsoft publicly warned Xbox users who
>>> were using 3rd party memory cards for their
>>> Xbox that it was about to break those cards,
>>> and that users should, instead, transfer data
>>> to Microsoft's own cards. Datel, a maker of
>>> third party cards apparently sued Microsoft,
>>> claiming antitrust violations in this move, and
>>> Eric Goldman points us to the news that a
>>> magistrate judge has rejected Microsoft's
>>> request to dismiss most parts of the lawsuit.
>>>
>
> All the way back to the Playstation, every 3rd party memory card has stunk,
> with the exception of the Wii which uses a standard SD card for memory.
> Either way, I hope Microsoft loses consider it bad to break memory cards
> or whatever on any system.
All the consoles are very proprietary, much like Apple computers (HW-wise). It's
not healthy for competition and it gives no room for quality races (high error
/defect rates cannot be averted).
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