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The plot thickens...
Posted By: FriendlyFire <kbergero@sympatico.ca>	Date: 10/27/01 9:54 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox (Matt) : Stefan just heard this from one of the MS testers...apparently some of the : software on the demo discs was accidentally built with an old video : library. A conflict between the finished hardware and the old library : will, under certain conditions, manifest itself as the weirdness reported : over the last few days. Aaaah...Now THAT sounds about right. Unfortunately, this will only add fuel to the anti-Microsoft fire. After all, "How could this have possibly slipped through?" Well, kiddies, if I told you some of the stories of the demo (IST in my industry) loads that we shipped to customers (often with known problems)...Hoo boy...You'd be pro-Microsoft; well, okay, maybe not. :) My point? Whether your the dreaded MS or just Joe Blow's Software, sometimes mistakes happen. Especially when you're dealing with X number of revisions of H/W with Y number of revisions of S/W in the field. That being said, however, it's a very serious mistake for a company's first venture into the console industry. Many are already skeptical about MS's capability to penetrate this market (one need only glance at this board for evidence of that). Indeed, many question their ability to even MAKE a stable platform (all those Win9x users). So, although this mistake is understandable, it could be quite detrimental. I guess we'll have to wait and see. : For anyone concerned, the final version of Halo uses a more recent library : which does not have this problem. I expect other Xbox titles do as well. ...and I presume that the final QA of Halo was run on final H/W so if it works there, all should be safe.

Message Index

Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Morphius	10/26/01 8:39 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Louis Wu	10/26/01 8:51 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Morphius	10/26/01 9:13 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	FriendlyFire	10/26/01 12:22 p.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	dave withers	10/29/01 9:46 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Matt	10/26/01 6:48 p.m.
I wish I had an axe :-( *NM*	Jester	10/26/01 7:32 p.m.
about that article...	zoso	10/26/01 10:22 p.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	jamesa	10/27/01 1:16 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Matt	10/27/01 3:06 a.m.
The plot thickens...	FriendlyFire	10/27/01 9:54 a.m.
Post linked by Penny-Arcade. Duck and cover! *NM*	Forensic	10/29/01 9:25 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Bachus	10/29/01 9:26 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Morphius	10/29/01 9:43 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	DarkAngel	10/29/01 11:10 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	jamesa	10/26/01 11:31 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Morphius	10/26/01 3:59 p.m.
Don't make this any more of Mac/Pc thing thing...	Cannibal Harry (Friendly warning)	10/26/01 4:34 p.m.
PC or XBOX,its still winblows *NM*	Matt(Uh...#5?)	10/26/01 6:10 p.m.
Bring it assmacs!!! Your OS suXs!!!	Jester	10/26/01 7:45 p.m.
I have a windows machine numbnut... *NM*	Matt(Uh...#5?)	10/27/01 12:38 a.m.
Re: Don't make this any more of Mac/Pc thing thing	Morphius	10/29/01 12:25 p.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	[Tycho?]	10/26/01 6:27 p.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	Morphius	10/29/01 2:17 p.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	jamesa	10/27/01 4:24 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	XBOX ROX	10/29/01 4:22 a.m.
Re: Stores Reporting Bugs In Microsoft's Xbox	XBOX	10/26/01 4:25 p.m.
Why am I not surprised?	brendan	10/26/01 4:33 p.m.
Re: Why am I not surprised?	XBOX	10/26/01 4:37 p.m.
To be fair...	Cannibal Harry (Friendly warning)	10/26/01 4:39 p.m.
Re: To be fair...	Morphius	10/29/01 12:47 p.m.
Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	a communist	10/26/01 1:10 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Louis Wu	10/26/01 1:42 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Cannibal Harry	10/26/01 1:52 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	FriendlyFire	10/26/01 2:18 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Nate from school	10/26/01 2:54 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Morphius	10/26/01 4:18 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Max Payne	10/26/01 4:29 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Blizzard	10/26/01 9:32 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Malloc	10/26/01 4:37 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Merc248	10/28/01 10:13 p.m.
wait wait wait	Nate from school	10/29/01 1:54 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Dan Rudolph	10/27/01 3:23 a.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	mAcMaRtYr	10/28/01 8:34 p.m.
Re: Perhaps more "unscientific" data.	Morphius	10/29/01 10:16 a.m.
Don't you see?	MSN	10/29/01 10:23 a.m.
Re: Don't you see?	Morphius	10/29/01 12:54 p.m.
Re: Don't you see?	Louis Wu	10/29/01 1:15 p.m.
Re: Don't you see?	Morphius	10/29/01 1:22 p.m.
Wow.	mukuface	10/29/01 7:37 p.m.
Re: Wowwie	Lophan	10/30/01 8:56 a.m.
Re: Wow.	Morphius	10/30/01 11:34 a.m.
From One of Those Stores' Employees...	Stevedroid	10/29/01 11:59 p.m.
Check this out:	Miguel Chavez	10/30/01 1:40 a.m.
Re: Check this out:	Blizzard	10/30/01 2:29 a.m.
Re: Check this out:	Lophan	10/30/01 9:09 a.m.
Re: From Another of Those Stores' Employees...	Nijhazer	10/30/01 7:38 a.m.
Re: From Another of Those Stores' Employees...	MSN	10/30/01 9:54 a.m.
Re: From One of Those Stores' Employees...	Morphius	10/30/01 11:56 a.m.