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Microsoft's E3 Surprises: ESPN, New Xbox 360, and a Shameless Bribe?
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| Short on shocking moments and big reveals,
| Microsoft pulled the trump card at the end of
| its E3 press conference on Monday: Everyone in
| attendance would get a brand new, redesigned
| Xbox 360 for free. For all the journalists in
| the audience, it was time to make an ethical
| decision. For the rest of us, it was suddenly
| clear why Microsoft chose a small venue for
| the event, forcing many reporters, myself
| included, to watch via live video feed.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/198859/microsofts_e3_surprises_espn_new_xbox_360_and_a_shameless_bribe.html?tk=hp_new
Microsoft Paying For Porting iPhone Games
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| Microsoft has been throwing around cash lately
| to help bolster the application offerings for
| Windows Phone 7. Compared to Android and
| iPhone application stores. Windows Mobile's
| library is at best anemic. To make matters
| worse, everything has to be rewritten for WP7.
| Microsoft seems to be taking the "if you want
| things done right, do it yourself" approach to
| filling the library.
|
| [...]
|
| PocketGamer is now reporting that Microsoft
| has been contacting "successful iPhone
| developers" to front them cash and get their
| iPhone app in the WP7 Marketplace.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/06/microsoft_payin.html
Microsoft is paying developers to port iPhone games to Windows Phone 7
http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Windows+Phone+7/news.asp?c=21387
Recent:
Ballmer Still Thinks it is OK to Kill Competition
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| After years of scrutiny by anti-
| competition police, Ballmer still doesnât
| get it:
|
| âWhen Mossberg asked why Microsoft had
| drastically lowered its price of
| Windows XP in reaction to netbook
| vendors having initially shipped units
| with Linux, Ballmer retreated by
| asking, âWhy should I give someone
| else an opportunity?â.â
|
| Itâs the law, Steve. Monopolies are
| required to give competitors
| opportunities.
|
| This exchange also answers the question
| why GNU/Linux has not taken a larger share
| of the desktop OS market.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/06/04/ballmer-still-thinks-it-is-ok-to-kill-competition/
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