What does MS need to do?

[Qly]

EaglesEye379 said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Qly said:

Darc Requiem said:

Qly said:
They need to stop copying everything they see that works

I though this thread was about MS and not Sony.

Sorry, but I have actually lost all the little respect I had for Microsoft with the "Newton"... seriously, no self respect, not a little bit of dignity, sad, so sad

I did that when they ripped off Apple. (I'm old :p). I also used to use the GEM desktop, a far better GUI that sat over DOS, and saw Windows destroy it with there marketing machine. That's actually just good business, I just hated being forced to use a horrible replica of something that worked well.

I don't mind companies stealing other peoples idea's really. I am a consumer, and as a consumer I just want more and better. If MS can rip off the Wiimote and make it more fun to use, what the hell do I care?

What I hate (and MS seems to do this of late), is steal an idea, make it worse, and sell the shit out of it.

If you make it better (Excel, Exchange Server, .NET), great! If it sucks compared to what you ripped off (Word, IE, Vista), then I hate it.

The 360 has actually been a great product from MS, I just wish they could make it reliable.

If the next xbox rips off every cool feature from Sony and Nintendo, improves upon it, and puts it in a form factor I can get behind (one that does not break), I will buy one on launch day.

Like I said, as a consumer, I win.

 

Finally you take a refreshing view. MS does have its faults, but as a consumer we win. Its a much better stance than most people saying "Sorry, but I have actually lost all the little respect I had for Microsoft with the "Newton"... seriously, no self respect, not a little bit of dignity, sad, so sad" and " They need to stop copying everything they see that works".

 

Read my last post, Consumers never win from monopolys, never, if microsoft was to win all the gaming comunity by stealing an idea, you know who'd be screwed? you, me and everyone else but MS

Sorry, They have the buck and the people to become an original and groundbreaking company, instead they focus on : what does anyone else does, how can we do the same and pass it as our own?

It's my opinion youre free to disagree, but, for inovation's sake I hope that the newton flops..